For whatever reason, Aberdeen has never had as high a profile in terms of music stars over the years as Glasgow and Edinburgh. OK, so most famously there’s Annie Lennox, The Shamen and Geneva…but not a long list.
…so maybe Weather Barn can help extend that list. Describing their influences as Band Of Horses, Death Cab For Cutie, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Frightened Rabbit (yes, you DID read Death Cab and Lynyrd Skynyrd in the same list).
Formed by brothers Matt and Steve Morris, and joined by Iain Dallas and Daryl Rankin, the band released their debut single ‘Park Hands’ through London’s Kittiwake Records last September. They found themselves being tipped by the likes of Jim Gellatly and Vic Galloway. The follow-up, out at the end of the month, is entitled ‘The Boat Ride.’
What I like is the way you’re just about to say ‘Oh they sound like…x’ and then you suddenly hear ‘…though that’s quite like …y.’ Twee pop meets southern boogie? Don’t knock it ’til you’ve tried it. What also endears them greatly to me is that the two singles sound so utterly different from each other. And in an age of identikit indie bands, that’s a very welcome thing indeed.
Hear below and see what you think…I’d love to know.
The Boat Ride (Out on iTunes 28th March 2011) by Weather Barn