For a eighth time in this series, I’m grabbing something from David Cameron’s Eton Mess, a compilation album released in October 2015 on Song, By Toad Records.
As I’ve written before:-
“Almost all of the singers and bands were, at the time, unknown with very little more than a few tracks available online or via a limited physical release, most often cheaply done on a cassette. Label owner, Matthew Young, said at the time:-
“Most of the bands are friends and a lot of musicians feature on several of the album’s tracks, one of the reasons why we’ve put the compilation together. It feels like there’s this pool of really talented musicians bubbling away and all sorts of excellent music is starting to emerge from the mix. Bands are forming, breaking up, and starting again all the time. When you see a loose collection of bands connecting like this you never know what is going to happen. A few will disappear, some will do okay, some might pave the way for others, and a few of these bands could go on to do really well.”
The track from Froth was this:-
mp3: Froth – The Rat
The Bandcamp page describes Froth as ‘Glasgow Musical Fiasco’ and lists Paul Docherty, Keith Harcus, Izzy Rose, Simone Wilson, Grant Simpson and Eilidh McMillan as its members. There are five digital releases available to download for £1 each….and none of them are The Rat.
Simone and Eilidh would, along with Cal Donnelly, later form the rather splendid Breakfast Muff whose 2017 debut, (and thus far only), album Eurgh! is an absolute lo-fi classic.
JC
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