
From the booklet which accompanied the box set, Big Gold Dreams (A Story of Scottish Independent Music 1977-1989)
Forming at Edinburgh College of Art, and named out of a desire to sound tougher than many of their contemporaries, The Vultures were a quartet comprising Janie Nicoll, Allison Young, Anna Watkins and Ian Binns.
Capturing the band’s spiky brand of post-punk girl-pop, their sole output was a four-track 12″ EP on Nardonik label, produced by Jamie Watson following demos recorded by Angus McPake and Douglas Hart.
Sharing equipment and rehearsal space with Jesse Garon and The Desperados, Rote Kapelle and other regulars at the Onion Cellar club, The Vultures ended up supporting My Bloody Valentine. Torn between the pressures of impending art school degree shows and life in the back of a transit van, they called it a day not long afterwards. Nicoll is now an artist of note.
Here’s the song included within the boxset:-
mp3: The Vultures – Good Thing
It dates from 1988. It’s less than two minutes long and is absolutely bursting with energy. It wouldn’t have sounded too out of place a few years later when the Riot Grrrl ‘movement’ became a thing….but as can be seen from the bio above, everyone had moved on.
Oh, and I was so taken by again hearing the track when preparing this posting that I’ve gone and ordered a second-hand copy of the EP via Discogs. I’ll share them with you sometime in the next few days.
LOVED THAT!
Outstanding.