The Chemical Brothers played at the SECC in 2005, and it was also the first non-festival gig that we went to. Dig Your Own Hole deserves a special mention, and we debated plenty as to whether we should include that, or Surrender.
Like Radiohead, we could have chosen any of The Chemical Brothers’ earlier albums.
Hot Chip are definitely one of those acts that seem to have just got better with age though, so maybe we’ve not got all that much to worry about… It’s definitely also a favourite for a wee bit of a nostalgia listen now and again as we hurtle towards our thirties (shite). Grade-A belter.Īnother favourite for a teenaged Niteworks road trip! Boy From School in particular became a bit of a car anthem and clichéd as it is, the sound of the summer. In fact this album is probably the reason we structure much of our music like we do, all on the build then bam, in with the pipes (or bass or vocals). Pyramid Song is so so so great, and the drumming on it is particularly incredible. It’s almost impossible to choose one album over the next, but Amnesiac does stand out. Then straight into “Rose is sweet, beautiful eyes”. They came on stage saying “Hello! We are not Klaxons. They weren’t really known by anyone but a scheduling error by the festival meant they had to switch slots with Klaxons (whom everyone was clearly looking forward to seeing). Ruairidh and Allan went to Bennicassim festival just to see them. It’s one of those grower albums that is impossible not to love it after a repeat listen, and the set they played at the festival was a ripper too. One of the stand-out albums was WhoMadeWho’s self-titled debut. Coinciding with the time when we were all beginning to drive, these CDs obviously ended up on repeat in the car as we bummed about the island with the ever-present crate of Tennents on the back seat. On the lead up to the 2006 Skye Music Festival (another rite of passage for us), one of the local filling stations stocked up on CDs of all the acts that would be appearing at the festival. This album almost single-handedly took our musical interests in a new direction, although it didn’t completely destroy rock & roll for us Ruairidh remains a massive fan of Guns N’ Roses and Iron Maiden (even though they’re pure shite). Skye has produced its fair share of influential acts Runrig, Injuns and Peatbogs to name a few, but Mylo perhaps grabbed our generation more than any other. Both sets of speakers are still going strong 10 years down the line, so the noodle month was definitely worth it, although we’re convinced it contributed to Ruairidh’s hair thinning. The production on this album is still some of the best on any record we've heard and as a band we frequently re-visit it for inspiration. It was undoubtedly worth it though just to hear Apparat’s Walls album in all its glory. This allowed Ruairidh and Innes to head straight for the shop and tear through an entire month's rent money on two pairs of studio monitors cue a month living off Lidl noodles. With this came the expansion of our minds, but more importantly, the expansion of our wallets thanks to student loans. Just sayin’…Īfter leaving school we all moved to down to Glasgow for university. Should they ever decide to gig again, we would be first in line to offer our services in support. We don’t think anyone has matched Croft’s ‘DIY but polished’ sound and feel since, and it’s that which gives this album so much character. Attention All Personnel as an album however, is truly unique. 5, who in turn will cite their own influences. We find it funny when people comment on how unique our sound is, as in our minds we are somewhat following in the path of the likes of The Peatbog Faeries and Croft No. Welcome to Dun Vegas remains as one of the most influential albums to us, and the Peatbogs a firm favourite live act! Up until this point we were more used to ‘unplugged’ ceilidhs, so to be in a jam-packed sweaty crowd, with the Peatbogs crammed on stage, as the kick came in on Wacko King Hako was completely mind blowing. With that in mind, we ask the four-piece what music has influenced them over the years, and after much debate they agreed that whatever made the list "all four of us agreed that it was amazing, and we all had to have actively listened to it, repeatedly." Boards of Canada, LCD Soundsystem, Craig David and Arcade Fire didn't quite make the cut and a "special mention must also go to each of the three Moderat albums," which they "were going to include but ran out of space!"Įdinbane Festival on Skye, which ran through the mid-2000’s, was an annual jaunt for us that coincided with the start of the summer holidays, and our first taste of the festival scene (as well as our first taste of a hangover).
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