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Flutes release ‘Kilburn’ single and video!
"Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant!"
- Ally McCrae, BBC Radio 1
Flutes release their second single taken from their self-titled debut album - Kilburn. The single is supported by the b-side 'What Is Love', a cover of Haddaway's 90s dance hit. 'What Is Love' was released as a free download ahead of the single and within the first 4-weeks of the track being uploaded to the band's Soundcloud page, it gained over 5,000 listens. Flutes' version of 'What Is Love' completely transformed Haddaway's original making it heart-achingly beautifully - we wouldn't expect anything less.
You can listen to both Kilburn and 'What Is Love' via Flutes' Soundcloud page.
The beautiful, yet tragic, video for Kilburn is available to watch now via the band's YouTube page (warning: contains scenes of an adult nature).
2012 was a busy year for Flutes with the release of their self-titled debut album. A flurry of online press ensued, which saw the band steadily build a loyal fanbase grabbing the attention of BBC Radio 1 Scotland, The Scottish Sun and, most recently, Clash Magazine, with Frightened Rabbit selecting their track 'Auld Archie' as a Track of the Day on the Clash website.
A track named after Camden town's lesser known yet arguably more ferocious neighbour, Kilburn in the words of lead singer Godfrey McFall is "a song is about poets / artists / thespians always tending to gravitate to that horrid combination of womanisers and substance abusers, and with those come the associated highs and lows. As a band we'e all lived in Kilburn and it was fun (and mildly traumatising) to play with the imagery of Byron and Burns in a Kilburn boozer trying to have it off with the local ladies, then hating themselves for it in the morning".
Forming on the windswept coast of Fife, the eight year musical story of the four-piece features a church hall in Oxford, corporate espionage, recording in sheds and industrial estates, the M6, an old white minibus, far too many London gigs circa 2007/08, grizzly old men, a BBC sound technician with a fetish for vintage microphones, big belly laughs, and a Scottish football stadium.
Flutes' video for their first single 'Auld Archie' is available to watch now via their YouTube channel.
Last year the band spent two weeks in a static caravan on the outskirts of Glasgow travelling to and from Chem19 Studios where they recorded their debut record. With the album produced and mixed by Jamie Savage (of Olympic Swimmers) in Blantyre and mastering coming from Iain Cook of rising Chvrches fame, the album received praise from all corners of the press and radio with BBC Radio One’s Ally McCrae simply hailing it as 'Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant!'; and BBC Radio 1 Scotland' Vic Galloway featuring the band in his top Bands To Look Out For In 2013. Amazing Radio's Jim Gellatly placed Flutes alongside Chvrches as his Ones to Watch 2013 saying 'it won't be long before everyone's calling them the next Frightened Rabbit'.
Not only did support come in from Radio One but Tom Robinson of BBC 6Music made himself known to be one of Flutes' supporters: 'What do you get if you mix jazz, post punk, gothic and rock? A strange cocktail. But then add deep choruses and a progressive hypnotic melody and the result is brilliant'. With comparisons ranging from The Twilight Sad, British Sea Power, The National and Echo & the Bunnymen, Kilburn and supporting b-side, a cover of Haddaway's 'What Is Love' sees Flutes return with their imposing yet spacious sound.
After Kilburn, Flutes plan to release a limited edition EP with the working title Lost in The Sand. The EP will include lost demos, live recordings, remixes and at least one as yet unheard recording.
12th April - 'What Is Love, Kilburn?' (Flutes curated night running from 7.30pm-4am) - The Good Ship, Kilburn, London
19th April - The Glad Cafe (supported by Brave Young Red), Glasgow, Scotland
20th April - Penicuik Library (acoustic show with Cello Mind), Penicuik, Scotland
Flutes self-titled debut album is available to buy now on iTunes or you can stream it now via Spotify. The 12" vinyl is also available to buy directly from the band.
Kilburn is available to buy via Amazon and iTunes now.