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Guest Blog: Fat Goth

Dundee's Fat Goth touched base with us here at ABoF HQ last year wanting us to get involved with a PR campaign for their second album 'Stud'. To say we were blown away by their music would be an understatement, these guys were unbelievably good. Since their album release last week (28th January), they've made a huge impression for an underground band with gleaming reviews from Kerrang!, Rock Sound, The Skinny, The List, Q Magazine, BBC and many more. Fat Goth's teeth gnarling drummer, Mark Keiller, tells us how he feels now the album's out and what his "first time" with ABoF has been like...

I first found out about A Badge Of Friendship through Halina at Glasgow Podcart / Olive Grove Records. My old band Pensioner put out our album Yearlings with Halina and Lloyd and I knew ABoF had been doing PR for the label for a while before us. It was immediately apparent that ABoF were totally on the ball.

When we finished 'Stud' I got in touch and asked if they would be into doing press for it. Luckily enough ABoF were really into our noise and we managed to work out a way of doing a proper full campaign.

I suppose in some ways I do a lot of the things a band manager would do and I'll happily admit I'm a complete control freak. This makes it all the more of a compliment to ABoF - working with them has been incredible. When we spoke on the phone it was like we'd spoken a hundred times before, they never give you the impression that they're too busy with all of the other clients they have to help you out with anything.

I would find it very difficult to think about working with anyone else having had the experience we continue to have with ABoF. They are passionate, insanely hard working and we all feel really lucky to have had them be part of inflicting 'Stud' upon infinitely more people than we ever could have on our own.

Results wise, things have been building up really steadily ever since the campaign started. We've had so much press we even have to check our page on the ABoF site to remind us of every mention we've had! Getting great reviews nationwide in magazines like Rock Sound, Q, Kerrang! and Artrocker just to name a few has been brilliant and we've just noticed many more people paying attention in general. We've also had big articles in The Herald and The Skinny so far this year, which I think has turned loads more people onto us.

We are massive fans of Torche as well and since the campaign started we started speaking to their guitarist Andrew who also sings and plays in Tilts. 'This Is A Call: The Life And Times of Dave Grohl' author and ex-Kerrang! editor Paul Brannigan has also been really complimentary, which means a lot. These are just a few examples but it meant a great deal to us and it's thanks to ABoF.

Fat Goth's second album 'Stud' is available to buy now via the band's Bandcamp page for £5. You can also grab a copy via iTunes, Amazon and Play.com.