The Trash Can Sinatras

小简介 自19世纪早期开始，英国音乐浪潮就开始冲击世界音乐圈。从英国音乐风开始，来自牛津的Radiohead、曼彻斯特的Oasis乐队、柯彻斯特的Blur乐队、以及谢菲尔德的Pulp乐队等，他们在空中回响、标志着英伦摇滚的开始，直至新兴乐队如利兹的Kaiser Chiefs、加的夫的Super Furry Animals、格拉斯哥的Franz Ferdinand、贝尔法斯特的Snow Patrol等，这股英国摇滚风已经席卷整个世界。 和大名鼎鼎的Belle & Sebastian相比，同样来自格拉斯哥的苏格兰老牌独立乐队The Trash Can Sinatras就像珍藏着的一件被遗忘的乐队珍宝，而他们的音乐同样清新，安然恬静，旋律优美！ Scottish indie-pop stalwarts the Trash Can Sinatras were founded outside of Glasgow in 1987 by singer/guitarist Frank Reader (the brother of ex-Fairground Attraction singer Eddi Reader), guitarists John Douglas and Paul Livingston, bassist George McDaid and drummer Stephen Douglas. Initially formed as a cover band, the group was performing in a local bar when they were discovered by Go! Discs label representative Simon Dine; their first single, the superb Obscurity Knocks, appeared in early 1990, evoking the jangly guitar-pop crafted by Scottish bands like Aztec Camera, Orange Juice and Josef K a decade earlier. A second Trash Can Sinatras single, Only Tongue Can Tell, preceded the release of the quintets debut LP Cake, which met with a positive response on both sides of the Atlantic; in the U.S., it became a particular favorite on college radio. McDaid left the lineup in 1992, and was replaced by bassist David Hughes; by the time the Trash Can Sinatras sophomore effort Ive Seen Everything finally appeared in 1993, however, the ascendance of grunge essentially derailed whatever commercial momentum the group still had left, and 1996s A Happy Pocket was not even released in America. A new single, Snow, followed in late 1999. The band made a truimphant return to the scene in 2004 with their Spin Art release Weighlifting and a world tour which had them wowing old fans and gaining new ones with their stunning display of melody and emotion.