Glasvegas

Contrary to popular (or really, really assumptive) belief, Glasvegas is not from Las Vegas. Nor are they made of glass. They are, in fact, a trio of people (not glass) from Glasgow (not Glasvegas). And together, with a whole bunch of music instruments between them, they form an alternative band described as 'too good to be true' by American essayist and music critic Robert Christgau. Someone should tell Robert to relek ah bro, muka maintain, but his opinions are really not far from the truth.

Fronted by James Allan (former Scottish footballer who played for Queen's Park) and affronted by the travails of the British suburbs, Glasvegas plays the best tunes to come out from the Land of Lochs since Travis.

I leave you with two examples of Allan's genius: Flowers And Football Tops, and Geraldine. Both very emotive, both very Brit and both very good.

Flowers & Football Tops


Geraldine