NEHH Presents… Washington Irving, Best Girl Athlete & The Youth and Young
NEHH Presents… Washington Irving, Best Girl Athlete & The Youth and Young
Glasgow’s Washington Irving are a band that have lived at the edges of Scottish music for many years. They have evolved slowly over time, picking up new sounds and styles and then throwing them away as they go on. What has remained is captivating story‐telling, strong hooks and melody that are dipped in their old Scottish heritage, but also caked in distortion, delay and all the other fun stuff they’ve messed around with late into the nights.
Having a spent a couple of years in wilderness since recording their last collection of EPs, Palomides Vol I and II, they have brought together a fiery group of songs that tell a wholly different story. A story with a point, with something to say about them and the world. They traveled to the state of New York to work with Kevin McMahon, famous for Titus Andronicus, Swans and Real Estate, to craft this into something different and separated from their own country and city. Their as of yet unreleased new record is bubbling away, ready to hit the world in the near future.
With support from Best Girl Athlete
Best Girl Athlete, aka 16 year old Aberdonian Katie Buchan, released her debut album Carve Every Word in March 2015 via Fitlike Records in the UK and through Minty Fresh Records in North America. The album has generated rich and deserved praise with Folk Radio UK stating the release as “pretty amazing”, Artrocker magazine describing Carve Every Word as “an incredibly accomplished album” and has gained her a Scottish Alternative Music Award 2015 nomination.