Top 10 of 2009: #3 - My Latest Novel

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My Latest Novel - Deaths And Entrances

All In All In All Is All

I Declare A Ceasefire


2009 really has been a cracking year for albums! So much so that the critically-acclaimed follow up to My Latest Novel's critically-acclaimed debut album is only 3rd! Packed full of great 'orchestral-indie' anthems and more vocal harmonies than you could shake a stick at! I was at the "Deaths And Entrances" album launch night at Stereo earlier this year (a month or so after the release incidentally....weird!) and it was amazing. I loved their first album "Wolves" but even that pales in comparison to this.

King Tuts on the 28th anyone? Great gig to end the year with!

M is for .....My Latest Novel!

Without a shadow if a doubt it has to be My Latest Novel! I've been a fan since the release of their debut album "Wolves" back in 2006. This year saw the band follow that up with amazing second album "Deaths & Entrances" which, as I've said a few times now, is in a four-horse race with Broken Records, The Cinematics and The Twilight Sad for my album of the year!

Took me a while to get into the album, although that's down to me replaying opening song "All In All In All Is All" over and over and over again! It's one of many highlights from the album awash with gorgeous strings and layered vocal harmonies! Simply Stunning!

And they've just announced a show at King Tuts in Glasgow on the 28th December. Should be good!

Should probably also give Meursault a wee mention here too! The guys from the capital play ay the 1st birthday of The Bowery in Edinburgh on the 7th Nov with a few extra dates in Aberdeen and Glasgow. Full details on their MySpace.

mp3: My Latest Novel - All In All In All Is All

Oxjam and Other Gigs This Week!

It's shaping up to be another good week.. and a bit!


The main attraction is obviously the Oxjam Festival in Edinburgh (23rd) and Glasgow on next weekend (24th and 25th) which boasts performance from some of Scotland's top up-and-coming bands, such as Brother Louis Collective, Lions. Chase. Tigers., Zoey Van Goey, Be A Familiar, Ross Clark's new project, Three Blind Wolves and Kowalskiy favourites, Meursault, The Seventeenth Century and Odeon Beatclub.

The full Glasgow schedule can be found here thanks to Peenko!

And....

With their single launch gig at at King Tuts next Sunday (25th), Cassidy will be on a mini promotional tour of Scotland stopping at Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh (22nd), Moshulu, Aberdeen (24th). Full details of the tour can be found on the band's MySpace including information on single "Night In The Box" out next Monday through King Tuts Recordings.

Dundee rockers The Law hit the road to plug debut album "A Measure of Wealth" with gigs tonight at Mad Hatters, Inverness followed by performances at PJ Molloys, Dunfermline (22nd), King Tuts, Glasgow (23rd) and Doghouse, Dundee (24th). Pop along to 7digital to download a free non-album track. Link below!

At Oran Mor, Glasgow, local bands LightGuides and Pacific Theatre have signed up to play The Mill on Thursday (22nd). For free tickets head along to The Mill website.

The icing on the cake is at Cabaret Voltaire on Saturday (24th) where My Latest Novel will be bringing their orchestral-indie magic to Edinburgh! Second album "Deaths and Entrances" is up there with the best albums this year so get your arses along!

Download: Cassidy - Vic Galloway Session (from the cracking Peenko blog!)
mp3: My Latest Novel - I Declare A Ceasefire
mp3: Odeon Beatclub - Strike Me Down
mp3 (7digital): The Law - A Generation Found
video: Brother Louis Collective: Old Balloons (live @ The Mill)

Not too shabby a week, eh?!