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Glasgow, United Kingdom (2003 – present)
Though the past year has seen the Scottish Frightened Rabbit finally stepped into public view, with more extensive touring and some recordings now publicly available, the past few years have largely been about the band quietly honing their sound and cultivating their art.
Frightened Rabbit is now a five-piece comprising Scott Hutchison (vocals/guitar), Billy Kennedy (guitar/keyboard), Grant Hutchison (drums/vocals), Andy Monaghan (guitar/keyboard) and Gordon Skene (formerly of Make Model). Andy joined the band after the release of Midnight Organ Fight, allowing them to play many songs from the album they would previously have struggled to fill out instrumentally. Gordon joined the band in November 2009.
The origins of the band are rooted in 2003, when Scott began playing solo shows under the name Frightened Rabbit, mostly in support of fellow art-schoolers Shitdisco. Recordings were made on a tascam 4-track recorder, with Scott playing all the instruments (some more proficiently than others). Though looser, sparser, and certainly more lo-fi in terms of production values, their early demo’s still attest to a burgeoning talent with a defined personality, and a now familiar penchant for being able to nail a near perfect pop song.
In 2004 Scott’s brother Grant moved to Glasgow, Scotland, contributing drums to certain recorded tracks, and playing live. Frightened Rabbit became louder and better. They burnt 50 copies of their subsequent demo, and sent some out to labels, resulting in three tracks being hosted on the FatCat MP3/demo website, and marking the beginning of a wonderful relationship.
Frightened Rabbit is now a five-piece comprising Scott Hutchison (vocals/guitar), Billy Kennedy (guitar/keyboard), Grant Hutchison (drums/vocals), Andy Monaghan (guitar/keyboard) and Gordon Skene (formerly of Make Model). Andy joined the band after the release of Midnight Organ Fight, allowing them to play many songs from the album they would previously have struggled to fill out instrumentally. Gordon joined the band in November 2009.
The origins of the band are rooted in 2003, when Scott began playing solo shows under the name Frightened Rabbit, mostly in support of fellow art-schoolers Shitdisco. Recordings were made on a tascam 4-track recorder, with Scott playing all the instruments (some more proficiently than others). Though looser, sparser, and certainly more lo-fi in terms of production values, their early demo’s still attest to a burgeoning talent with a defined personality, and a now familiar penchant for being able to nail a near perfect pop song.
In 2004 Scott’s brother Grant moved to Glasgow, Scotland, contributing drums to certain recorded tracks, and playing live. Frightened Rabbit became louder and better. They burnt 50 copies of their subsequent demo, and sent some out to labels, resulting in three tracks being hosted on the FatCat MP3/demo website, and marking the beginning of a wonderful relationship.
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Sing The Greys
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Keep Yourself Warm
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I Feel Better
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Fast Blood
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Old Old Fashioned
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Poke
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Head Rolls Off
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Bright Pink Bookmark
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Floating in the Forth
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Extrasupervery
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Who'd You Kill Now?
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Shoutbox
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JAMESisCreepy wrote:
oi! leave sufjan alone, there's no need to be petty. anyone can see frabbit's lyrics are great.
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jamierobb wrote:
The best thing i have found this entire year, brilliant.
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snah_ wrote:
mronceaday has Sufjan Stevens as his 8th most listened to band... ppfftt xD how can you even talk about stupid lyrics and over rated bands?
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Bambi2803 wrote:
Tickets for spring tour on sale now!
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BijanK wrote:
Oh geez, I'd fly to Inverness right now just to hear them live!
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JAMESisCreepy wrote:
one of the best bands about right now.
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parakeet431 wrote:
the plays for them are pretty impressive considering the number of listeners
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buckeye05 wrote:
the guy who said fr is overrated has the fucking beatles as their most listened to artist. stones, glass house, etc.
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JamesMullard wrote:
Fuck off with stupid lyrics. Are we listening to the same band?
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ShootTheRunner wrote:
New songs are sounding great!
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hughenden wrote:
I fucking love this band. So much.
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joerick wrote:
Just saw them play in Cambridge. Really, really good. Really.
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BijanK wrote:
FatCat Records has a sale on their web page offering "The Midnight Organ Fight" for 4.99 GBP at 320kbit digital. Well worth the purchase.
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postcoitusrock wrote:
new single is lush
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Con-dog wrote:
You tell him Renton0815 :D
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Renton0815 wrote:
you are overrated ! great band :)
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mronceaday wrote:
I think this band is overrated, the couple of tunes I liked were ruined by stupid lyrics.
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Saveall wrote:
Is Glasgow really this depressing?
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redhawk911 wrote:
One of the best indie bands out there right now, sweden soon i hope!
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FueledbyDAR wrote:
uber goood
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Nov
28
Frightened Rabbit
The Tolbooth, Stirling, United Kingdom
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Frightened Rabbit
The Ironworks, Inverness, United Kingdom
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Dec
1
Frightened Rabbit
The Warehouse, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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News
Win tickets to see Frightened Rabbit play the London Eye!
29 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/frightenedrabbit
Hi Everyone!
Very exciting news, Frightened Rabbit will play a very special session tomorrow (Friday 29th Oct) at the London Eye!
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AdmireMyAttire
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