Following the announcement of their signing to Alan McGee’s Creation23 and the release of their new single Chasing A Disaster, Fife four-piece Shambolics have announced a handful of live shows for the end of 2019 – including a date at Phase One on November 8th.
Already hailed by label owner and mentor Alan McGee as, “one of the great Scottish bands”, Shambolic are a fervently ambitious outfit from Scotland ready to take on the world. A far cry from the tag-tag chaos their name would perhaps imply, Shambolics have a knack for artfully honed and irresistibly dreamy rock ‘n’ roll that calls to mind the indelible sound of the genre’s lauded masters, from The LA’s to The Beatles.
Combining the pillowy 80s-hued chiming of Felt or early R.E.M., with a cloud-busting chorus The La’s or The Stone Roses would have been proud to call their own, Chasing A Disaster is the stunning, sunshine-dappled debut release from Shambolics on Creation23 records.
Backed with breezy B-Side Fight Another Feeling, the two tracks will be available on 1st November 2019 as vinyl-release and digitally. Both tracks were written, recorded and produced by the band themselves at their own Eggman Studios, Dunfermline.
Breaking out of the Fife scene and quickly accruing a burgeoning and passionately devoted fanbase across wider Scotland, the band scooped the 2017 SAMA Award for ‘Best Rock/Alternative Act and have continued on an upwards trajectory ever since. From earning critical acclaim from press tastemakers including B.B.C. Scotland (Vic Galloway), This Feeling, Radio X, Virgin Radio (Edith Bowman) & Fred Perry Subculture, to sharing huge stages with the likes of The Sherlocks & The View performing at some of the UK’s biggest festivals including Isle of Wight Festival, Tramlines Festival and Reading&Leeds Festival; Shambolics glitter with all the hallmarks of a band destined for greatness.
In 2019, Shambolics’ ascent continues with the band tallying-up in excess of 250,000 Spotify plays for infectious recent demo When She Goes Home and count unforgettable sold out shows at some of Scotland’s most legendary gig spaces including Glasgow’s King Tuts and Edinburgh’s Mash House among their achievements.
With the rumours from the underground growing ever louder to a soundtrack of languid, reverb-washed singles with melodies each more timeless than the last; it was surely only matter of time before word of the Shambolics became music to the ears to one of Glasgow’s most musically in-tune sons: Alan McGee. With an irrefutable ear for talent, McGee (who famously signed classic acts the likes of Oasis, Primal Scream, Jesus & The Mary Chain to his Creation Records label), it wasn’t long before McGee snapped up the band for his label.
Speaking about what attracted him to signing the band to Creation23, McGee said, “Scottish indie music is having a renaissance at the moment and I was so glad I came up to Edinburgh to see the Shambolics live. After I saw them I just had to sign them. One of the best Scottish artists out there. A classic creation band. Big tunes and they look great!”
A meeting of minds that matches one of Scotland’s greatest musical business heads with one of its most promising emerging talents, this is a signing Shambolic in name only.
Tickets for the Shambolics at Phase One are available to purchase from the venue.