The Hermit Crabs - Feel Good Factor EP
2 Comments Published by Tom on Friday, January 05, 2007 at 17:12.
The Hermit Crabs are a Scottish based band who boast two ex members of California Snow Story amongst their ranks. The Feel Good Factor EP is their début release although after listening to the EP you may get the impression that you have heard it before as it is a pretty similar output to California Snow Story and fellow Scots Camera Obscura whose history is entwined with both bands.
You can guess that the band sound like after that description but that said it is a pretty impressive EP with four pretty strong songs.
It is the self titled lead track, which won an award during the Scottish Burnsong writing competition, that takes the glory. It is a story about Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street which is also a popular night time destination. The song compares night and day on said street as well as the songwriter's love of their home city. It's a lovely song and the unique Scottish take on indie folk complete with gentle female vocals & traditional instruments seeps through the track as well as taking hold on the rest of the EP. Lovely!
The Feel Good Factor EP is out on Matinee Recordings shortly limited to a 1000 copies. The band are working on their début album which is due for release later this year.
The Hermit Crabs - Feel Good Factor (Real Audio Stream)
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top find. loving this lot.
I picked up the Hermit Crabs EP about a month ago along with the Afraid Of Stairs EP and neither has left the CD changer in my car since. Thanks for the info on both bands. Lavender Recordings is off to a great start with three excellent bands on their roster thus far.