Hairband - Under The Plow
£7.00 - £27.99
Hairband - Under The Plow
£7.00 - £27.99
Hairband’s classic debut album 'Under The Plow' available on vinyl for the first time as part of Monorail Music's excellent Glasgow School Series. The vinyl package includes:
Ruby Red Vinyl LP
12 x 12 Lyric Insert
BBC Sessions CD (Marc Riley 2018, Nicola Meighan / Vic Galloway 2019)
A4 Reproduction Gig Poster
Temporary Tattoo
(BBC Sessions tracks are exclusive to the vinyl package and are not included with the digital download)
Something of a Glasgow underground supergroup – featuring members of much-loved bands including Spinning Coin, Breakfast Muff, The Yawns, Lush Purr, Rocky Lorelei, Kaputt and Tarantula – Hairband are Emma Smith (drums), Rowan Wright (guitar, vocals), Simone Wilson (guitar, bass, vocals), Sephi Lock (bass, guitar, vocals) and Rachel Taylor (guitar, vocals). With a trio of guitars, their music blends intricate, jangly riffs with danceable beats, hooky bass lines, sweet melodies and layered vocal harmonies.
Hairband’s debut self-titled five-song EP was released by renowned Glasgow record shop Monorail Music in October 2018, and received media support from the likes of Line of Best Fit, Clash, The Skinny, The National, Brooklyn Vegan and more. Other highlights that year for Hairband included their first UK tour, supporting The Raincoats, and opening for Sleaford Mods at the iconic Glasgow Barrowlands. A second tour followed in summer 2019, along with live sessions for BBC 6 Music’s Marc Riley and BBC Radio Scotland’s Nicola Meighan.
In March 2020, in the nick of time pre-lockdown, the band recorded their 10-track debut album, Under the Plow, with Ronan Fay at Green Door Studios in Glasgow. Under the Plow, was released on limited-edition cassette and on digital services on April 21st 2023, and included the singles Extremities, Surfacing and Unconscious Rivals.
“These songs reflect a period the band will forever appreciate and be proud of,” writes Hairband’s Emma Smith, “having stumbled on a particular kind of musical chemistry none of us had really felt before, and having had to fight hard to keep going through times of unrest both personally and globally. You can hear the fun and joy in equal measure, alongside more complex, darker aspects that we hope speak to some of the wider experiences of women. The title Under the Plow tries to capture the growth we’ve helped each other achieve through music and friendship, despite various challenges along the way.”
Recorded by Ronan Fay at Green Door Studios, Glasgow.
Mixed by Jack Davis.
Original master by Ross McGowan.
Remastered for vinyl by Samuel J. Smith.
LP cover artwork by Alanna Hernandez.
Photography by Ali Sha Sha.
BBC Sessions CD cover image adapted from a photograph by Audrey Bizouerne.
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