A Scottish band that found its voice with 'Real Gone Kid' and kept writing about life's small moments.
If you want the feel of their early years, 'Real Gone Kid' still holds up. For something later, try 'Ash Wednesday'.
They arrived in the late '80s with 'Raintown', an album full of soul touches and Ricky Ross's lyrics about ordinary Scottish life. Songs like 'Ash Wednesday' and 'A Week In Politics (Is A Long Time)' show how they've kept that grounded, observational tone for decades, never drifting into big statements. It's a catalog built on noticing the details in personal and social corners.
They formed in Glasgow in 1985, with Ross coming from art teaching. After 'Raintown' in 1987, records like 'When the World Knows Your Name' and 'Fellow Hoodlums' followed, the latter shifting toward a more direct sound in 1991. They've kept making albums since, including 'City of Love' in 2018.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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