Battle Of The Bands: Round 4

So my one point lead in the greatest Scottish music battle of all time... Battle Of The Bands, was short lived.  A fortnight ago, Neil from Scottish Fiction, with a little help from Randolph's Leap, trounced Team Kowalskiy.  Credit to Stonehaven's Dolfinz though, they fought my corner well.  In case you missed it, here's a recap of that fateful bout!  So, going into Round 4, the scores are level once again.  Prepare for some swift vengeance Mr. Fiction...

For said vengeance, I sent out a call to arms to my physicist brethren and it was answered by fellow Glaswegians We Are The Physics.  They bring with them a wealth of experience which belies their age, and a cult following off the back of their 2008 debut ...Are OK At Music.  I'm quietly confident that these will see Team Kowalskiy regain the lead in the series.  On the opposing corner, Neil has recruited Paisley singer-songwriter Michael Cassidy.

Before we do battle, let's have a quick recap of the rules but you can read them in full over here.  This round, it's me to choose the three attributes we'll be musically jousting with.  For each of the three, the person with the highest value gets one point, with both of us getting a half-point in the event of a draw.  Losers get what losers deserve... f**k all!  As I said before, I'll be relying on my foursome's experience and following, so I've chosen Years Since Formation and Twitter Follow Ratio.  The last attribute will be a first outing in the series for Band Name Scrabble Score.   Unless they're up against Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong, it's in the bag!  As always, all stats below were correct at the time of battle.  So, without much further ado, ding ding, Round 4...

And the result of Round 4...  is an emphatic victory for... Team Kowalskiy!.  My fellow physicists (this may not be factually accurate) haven't let me down.  Their cult following and many years in the music-making business, along with that extra 'H' made all the difference.  Sterling effort from Neil and Mr. Cassidy, but they couldn't stop me taking a one point lead in the series.  With the next round four weeks ago (I'm taking a well earned holiday!), Scottish Fiction have got plenty of time to plan their revenge.  I've got an ace up my sleeve though...

But as always, it's not about me, and it's not about Neil.  It's about our two musical pugilists.  We'll start off with today's victors, We Are The Physics.  They've already released one of the best songs this year (back during Wimbledon now I come to think about it) in Goran Ivanisevic.  One of the best videos too!  You can buy that over here.  But that track's in danger of being topped by their latest offering, Applied Robotics which hit the shelves yesterday.  Their new album is shaping up to be something special.  All this, and they're pretty nifty at Scottish music Top Trumps too...

As for Michael Cassidy, well, the eagle-eyed amongst us will have noticed that this is the first time he's graced these pages.  It won't be the last either.  His eponymous EP, released last year is great!  You can stream is below and buy it over here.  It's 14 minutes which goes to prove I should pay closer attention to fellow bloggers more often...

So that's that. Round 5 will be on the 11^th of September. I'm off to bask in my one point lead in the series for a bit, then get back to preparing for next month's bout. Neil's sure to bring his A-game!