Scottish pop/rock heroes THE WATERBOYS conducted by MIKE SCOTT are gearing
up for their twelfth performance at the famous Glastonbury Festival, next Saturday.
Their first appearance ever was in 1984.
To celebrate the occasion, Mike Scott and multi-instrumentalist Brother Paul wrote a melancholic lullaby titled GLASTONBURY FAYRE.
A love declaration to Glastonbury.
Mike Scott comments: “This is our tribute to the fabbest fest of all, when the nation comes together in all its true wild weirdness and shakes out the blues. A hymn of gratitude to the mighty Glastonbury Festival for all it’s given us over the last fifty years.”
New Jersey’s indie popsters BLEACHERSdo what so many artists did the past 12 months. Coming up with a cover of one or more of their favorite songs. Bleachers picked epic 1985 stonker THE WHOLE OF THE MOON by MIKE SCOTT and his WATERBOYS.
Fifteen Knockout Tracks on repeat this past month!
A fervent fusion of robust rippers and striking strokes.
Here’s Turn Up The Volume‘s Knockout August Team.
‘Vote That Fucker Out‘ by WRECKLESS ERIC and AMY RIGBY (UK/US)
An anger-fueled uppercut, the whole wide world should scream along. A firm middle-finger knockout. Let’s get together and shout at the top of our lungs until the elections
in November. Exit Trump is the world-saving goal, ladies and gents! Let’s act! Let’s sing…
‘A Hero’s Death’ by FONTAINES D.C. (Ireland)
Rollicking title track from the Irish post-punk misfits’ second album.
An unquestionable contender for longplayer of this science-fiction-like 2020.
‘Hail Taxi’ by METZ (Canada)
These Canadians deafening noiseniks have slash and trash chromosomes in their DNA. Don’t even try to resist this wall-balls-breaker, just surrender. New LP Atlas Vending arrives 9th October.
‘Fixer Upper’ by YARD ACT (Leeds, UK)
A mind-twisting crackerjack that’ll do your head in the way you like it. This funky as bloody hell banger sounds as if Mike Skinner and Sleaford Mods joined forces to experiment with intoxicating guitar riffs and turn up the decibels on for once. Cuts like a Swiss knife…
‘Hold My Hand’ by DEATH VALLEY GIRLS (Los Angeles)
Gloriously catchy, peppery and poppy with a cool vintage organ, shake and swing beats, 60s garage glow and Bonnie Bloomberg‘s peek-a-boo vocals. “Love is just like the ocean.”
‘You Say’ by MADAME SO (Paris/London)
A spunky standout. A warning message for all hostile killjoys out there. Kicking off
with a powered guitar riff, soon followed by Madame So‘s vox hitting the roof with
the titanic You Say chorus. Smoking stuff, ladies and gents…
‘The Soul Singer’ by THE WATERBOYS (Scotland)
High-energy stroke! A horns fueled belter from amplified folk troubadour Mike Scott and his band’s new – fourteenth – solid album Good Luck, Seeker.
‘Late At A Festival’ by BLUE STRAGGLERS (Sussex, UK)
Razorblade melodiousness drenched in a pool of kamikaze guitars, going forth and black like a roller coaster on the run. Blur‘s Britpop flair pumped up with tons of illegal decibels. Don’t come late at a festival with Blue Stragglers on the bill or they will find you and make you beg for mercy. You have been warned!…
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‘Trump’s Still In Washington’ byBROKEN SOCIAL CONTRACT (Washington, US)
A razor-sharp rant about that 24/7 idiot in the White House. One-man-band Justin Donnelly delivers the fitting belter to ventilate our own fury. Play it loud,
play it on repeat, play it until a new real POTUS arrives in Washington.
‘Everybody Will Be Forgotten’ by FAST FRIENDS (Bay Area/Boston/Denmark)
This paranoia punk punch sounds like Weezer on dope, like Green Day kicking that American Idiot in the face, like the mental result of a lockdown psychosis, like if there
is no tomorrow. Jump and yell along before it’s too late. Right now, right here…
. ‘Forever’ by FOLK DEVILS (London)
Once a devoted indie rocker always a devoted indie rocker. Even are all these years you can hear and feel this band’s beating heart and feverish soul burning with strong-willed bravado and hungry desire. Dynamite sound, dynamite tune. Seems like Folk Devils are back forever despite the taste of life going wrong…
. ‘My Faith Is Larger’ by SAVING JACKIE (San Antonio, US)
A hot-tempered sucker-slam triggering every single nerve, every single muscle, and every single vein in your shuddering body. If you’re still mourning the loss of Rage Against The Machine, dry your eyes, rise from your bed, and go mental to Saving Jackie. Now!…
‘Burn’ by TEROUZ (Montreal)
This stunner wouldn’t be out if place on a Sisters Of Mercy album, while Terouz’s voice balances between Interpol‘s maestro Paul Banks and Editors‘ frontman Tom Smith.
Get up, stand up, and pirouette yourself dizzy…
. ‘Dirty Little Sinner’ by REGENT (Southampton)
This cracker blends Oasis‘ northern flair and Blur‘s power-pop catchiness. A steaming kinetic stomper to play to the max on your stereo so the neighbours can jump around
like doped monkeys too when the boiling chorus kicks in. Pump your fists in the air…
‘It’s OK To Bleed’ by HEAVY SALAD (Manchester, UK)
A trippy, mantra-like chant that will set your free. Light a joint, steal your grandparents’ hippie outfits and join Heavy Salad up there, eight miles high and dream of better times…
Band: THE WATERBOYS (Scotland) Album: GOOD, LUCK SEEKER Released: 21 August 2020 Artwork: A painting called Taosena Sky by the great American
southwestern artist B.C. Nowlin. A print of which has hung on
the wall of Mike Scott’s various music rooms for almost 30 years.
“An album of passion, wit and spirituality that, like its title, invites
us not only to evolve, but to revel in our evolution” – Uncut
“It’s astonishing how much ground gets covered on Good Luck, Seeker.
A remarkable achievement that sits near, if not at, the top of the band’s
entire catalogue.” – MusicOMH
“An adventurous one with enough standouts and strange magic
to go around.” – All Music
“The whole of Mike Scott in one big-sound-and-big-songs album.” Turn Up The Volume!
Key tracks: The Soul Singer / Freak Streat / My Wanderings In
The Dreary Land / Low Down In The Broom
1. ‘We Are Chaos’ by MARILYN MANSON
The God Of Fuck is back with a fitting statement about these surreal times…
2. ‘My Wanderings In The Weary Land’ by THE WATERBOYS
A tense and passion-driven stunner. Mick Scott still delivers notable goods…
3. ‘Dispatches From The Gutter’ by UNIFORM
A schizophrenic highway to hell drone with singer Michael Berdan screaming his lungs out.
4. ‘Police On My Back’ by BILLIE JOE AMSTRONG
Crystal clear ‘Police On My Back‘ cover of 60s hit by British band The Equals.
5. ‘Charlie Patton Highway (Turn it Up, Pt. 1)’ by ROBERT PLANT
Growing old in grand groovin’ style. Previously unreleased track
from upcoming album Band Of Joy Vol 2.
Scottish folk rockers MIKE SCOTT and THE WATERBOYS are on roll the past few years, releasing three albums between 2015 and 2019. And the group’s 14th album, entitled GOOD LUCK, SEEKER comes our way on 21st August. Our ears already absorbed the tremendously catchy lead-single, a seven-minute mash-up manifesto entitled LOW
DOWN IN THE BROOM and steamy soul stroke THE SOUL SINGER.
Here’s another new piece called MY WANDERINGS IN THE WEARY LAND.
A tense and passion-driven stunner. Discover the glow here…
Going back in sonic history looking for memorable albums…
16 October 2018
Band: THE WATERBOYS (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Album: FISHERMAN’S BLUES – the band’s 4th LP
Released: 17 October 1988 – 30 years ago
ALL MUSIC review: “Mike Scott had been pursuing his grandiose “big music” since he founded the Waterboys, so it came as a shock when he scaled back the group’s sound for the Irish and English folk of Fisherman’s Blues. Although the arena-rock influences have been toned down, Scott’s vision is no less sweeping or romantic, making even the simplest songs on Fisherman’s Blues feel like epics.” – Full review here – Score: 4.5/5
TURN UP THE VOLUME says: The Scots went back to basics on this one. Traditional Scottish & Irish, country and stripped down rock and roll. And it worked terrifically. It became their best-selling album in the UK.
Top Tracks: Fisherman’s Blues / Strange Boat / And A Bang On The Ear / When Ye Go Away
