Scottish seven piece Butcher Boy follow up their appearance on the Kids At The Club Compilation with another two releases on the How Does It Feel To Be Loved record label.They will release their debut album Profit In Your Poetry on March 5th 2007. It will be however be preceded by a digital single titled Girls Make Me Sick which will be appropriately released on Valentines Day on i-tunes and the HDIFTBL indie store in high quality digital formats.
There have already been some great words said about the album and based on the single and the compilation track I cannot agree more. I can hear aspects of some of my favourite artists here (Orange Juice, The Smiths, Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, Camera Obscura etc) but at the end of the day the only identity is their own and that is helped in no small part by John Hunt's vocal performance which go well against the lush, orchestral sounding music.
As a treat here is a preview of the single:
Butcher Boy - Girls Make Me Sick
John Hunt fronts the band and he runs The Cult National Pop League in Glasgow. They will be playing their début London show on February 9th. Tickets for the gig, which is at the Brixton Windmill can be purchased here. You can pre-order the album here.
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I picked up an 'early' copy of the CD at the pre Christmas HDIF @ the Phoenix and I have played the CD a hell of a lot. It's a real grower. Vocally - it reminds me of the singer from the Tindersticks. Cracking stuff.