Poster Paints have shared another wonderful new track ‘Not Sorry’, lifted from their eagerly anticipated upcoming self-titled debut album which is due out on 14th October via Ernest Jenning Record Co. & Olive Grove Records. Featuring Carla J Easton’s honeyed vocals draped in a wistful melody accompanied by glistening guitars and elegant percussive rhythms: swelling to gorgeous crescendos, ‘Not Sorry’ follows singles ‘Falling Hard’ and ‘Circus Moving On’. On the evidence of what we have hears so far, we are really looking forward to their album!
Vocalist Carla J Easton had to say on the track:
“This has quickly become a favourite to perform live and we are so pleased to release it! A sort of sleepy Mazzy Star sound to it. Driving big chorus with blistering guitar amidst whispered reflective laments.”
The duo recently announced an album launch party for 22nd October at The Glad Café in Glasgow, support comes from Flinch and Simply Thrilled (DJ Set) and tickets are on sale now.
Poster Paints are Carla J Easton and Simon Liddell. Two beloved Scottish musicians who orbited through the same thriving music scene, Carla as an award-winning solo artist and member of TeenCanteen and Simon as part of Frightened Rabbit and Olympic Swimmers, who were introduced by Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee of The Vaselines. The pair seemed destined to collaborate, yet the musical outfit they created happened purely by chance.
“The project started as an accident before the pandemic kicked off” says Carla, “Si had sent me an instrumental for a piece he had scored for a short film and asked if I could put some vocals on it. I completely misunderstood what he was asking me to do and wrote an entire song to the piece of music and emailed it back to him. When harsh lockdowns kicked in, we both decided we would try and do some more songs like this – it was a way to keep collaborating when you couldn’t even go for a walk outside with someone from another household never mind be in a rehearsal room with someone.”
Applying for funding through Creative Scotland meant the pair’s immediate musical chemistry thrived in the subsequent months and allowed the remote working that had worked so well extend out across the globe, roping in friends from the USA (Gabbie Coenan AKA RVBY MY DEAR), Canada (Andrew Chung and Laura Hickli) as well as across Scotland (Jonny Scott from CHVRCHES who played drums across the entire record, Lomond Campbell, Graeme Smillie from Arab Strap, Suse Bear from Pictish Trail, Andy Monaghan from Frightened Rabbit and Amanda Williams AKA AMA JANE) as collaborators on their debut album.
The band released their debut single ‘Number 1’ last year, a brilliantly hooky indie-pop tune it attracted our attention and received extensive play from Marc Riley via BBC 6Music, BBC Introducing and BBC Radio Scotland. It was released on vinyl postcard for Record Store Day, with both tracks supported by Creative Scotland. They followed with a surprise release EP ‘Blood Orange’, a brace of headline shows and support slots with Belle & Sebastian, Admiral Fallow and Teenage Fanclub. For a duo who found each other almost by accident, the immediate connection to their music from peers and fans alike more than suggests that Poster Paints were always meant to be here.
Track-Listing
- Still Got You
- Number One
- Not Sorry
- Never Saw It Coming
- Circus Moving On
- Falling Hard
- Ribbons ft. Lomond Campbell
- Rupture
- Hard To Sweeten
- My Song
Live Dates
22nd October – The Glad Café, Glasgow
Photo Credit: Craig McIntosh
