Trashcan Sinatras
Scottish indie-pop mainstays and twee trailblazers the Trashcan Sinatras formed in Irvine in 1986. The band, composed of Francis Reader (bass, vocals), Davy Hughes and George McDaid (guitar), later replaced by Paul Livingston and John Douglas, joining his brother Stephen Douglas (drums), signed to Go! Discs in 1987 and after setting up a recording studio in the town of Kilmarnock, began working on their debut album. Shot through with their trademark literary lyricism and bittersweet melodies, Cake arrived in 1990 and charted at number 74 on the UK albums chart, also spawning hit jangle-pop single "Obscurity Knocks." The 1993 follow-up I've Seen Everything reached number 50 and in 1996, the band contributed a cover of the Smiths' "I Know It's Over" to the tribute compilation The Smiths is Dead. After Go! Discs was acquired by Universal in 1996, the band were dropped from the label and forced to sell their Shabby Road recording studio and declare bankruptcy. Their A B Road - B Sides And Cover Songs came eight years later with fourth album Weightlifting also emerging in 2004. Following fifth album In The Music, the band returned to the recording studio to work on their sixth album with producer Mike Mogic and long-time supporter Simon Dine. The group released their sixth studio album Wild Pendulum in 2016 and saw A Happy Pocket return to the UK albums chart album in 2023 (number 77) thanks to a reissue on the Last Night From Glasgow label.
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9 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Lay of the Land
Pop - Released by Last Night From Glasgow Limited on Nov. 25, 2022
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Weightlifting
Pop - Released by Lo-Five Records on Aug. 31, 2004
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Wild Pendulum
Alternative & Indie - Released by Red River Entertainment on May 13, 2016
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In The Music
Alternative & Indie - Released by Lo-Five Records on Jul. 28, 2009
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Lay of the Land (Bessa Extended Remix)
Pop - Released by Last Night From Glasgow Limited on Dec. 9, 2022
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Lay of the Land
Pop - Released by Last Night From Glasgow Limited on Jul. 15, 2022
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