Frightened Rabbit

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Frightened Rabbit
Frightened Rabbit 2007
Frightened Rabbit 2007
General information
origin Originally Selkirk , later Glasgow, Scotland
Genre (s) Indie rock , folk rock
founding 2003
resolution 2018

Frightened Rabbit were a British indie rock band from Glasgow .

Band history

The band was formed in 2004 by brothers Scott and Grant Hutchison after Scott had previously used the name Frightened Rabbit for solo appearances. Together with their friend Billy Kennedy they made a name for themselves as a trio in their homeland. In 2006 they released their debut album, Sing the Grays , which received such good reviews that they signed Universal and released the album across the UK and USA. International appearances, including at South by Southwest 2007, followed.

Before the second album The Midnight Organ Fight they took keyboardist Andy Monaghan into the band. The breakthrough came with the third studio album The Winter of Mixed Drinks in spring 2010. In the meantime, the band with Gordon Skene had grown to five members. With the album they made it for the first time in both the British and the US album charts.

Singer and guitarist Scott Hutchison was reported missing on May 9, 2018. On the evening of May 10th, his body was found on the banks of the River Forth . The cause of death was initially unclear, but suicide is suspected. Hutchinson had a long history of depression and posted a message on Twitter shortly before his disappearance that could be interpreted as a suicidal message.

The remaining band members said about the future of the band that the band would "no longer exist without Scott", but left open the possibility of releasing previously unreleased material.

Members

  • Scott Hutchison, singer, guitarist († May 2018)
  • Grant Hutchison, drums
  • Billy Kennedy, guitarist (since 2006)
  • Andy Monaghan, keyboardist (since 2008)
  • Simon Liddell (since 2015)
  • Gordon Skene (2009-2014)

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
The Winter of Mixed Drinks
  UK 61 03/13/2010 (1 week)
  US 87 03/27/2010 (2 weeks)
State Hospital (EP)
  UK 53 06.10.2012 (1 week)
  US 163 October 13, 2012 (1 week)
Pedestrian verses
  UK 9 02/16/2013 (3 weeks)
  US 63 02/23/2013 (1 week)
Painting of a Panic Attack
  UK 14th 04/21/2016 (1 week)
  US 70 04/30/2016 (1 week)
The Midnight Organ Fight
  UK 56 May 24, 2018 (1 week)

Studio albums

  • Sing the Grays (2006)
  • The Midnight Organ Fight (2008)
  • The Winter of Mixed Drinks (2010)
  • Pedestrian Verse (2013)
  • Painting of a Panic Attack (2016)
  • The Midnight Organ Fight (2018)
  • Tiny Changes: A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit's 'The Midnight Organ Fight' (2019)

EP

  • A Frightened Rabbit EP (2011)
  • State Hospital (2012)

Live albums

  • Quietly Now! (2009)

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  1. ↑ Matthew Strauss, Jazz Monroe, Amy Phillips: Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison Dead at 36. In: Pitchfork . Condé Nast, May 11, 2018, accessed May 11, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Frightened Rabbits Scott Hutchison: Questions About Cause of Death. May 12, 2018, accessed on July 15, 2019 (German).
  3. ↑ Peter Ross: 'His memory shouldn't be shrouded in darkness': How Frightened Rabbit coped with the death of Scott Hutchison . In: The Guardian . June 21, 2019, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed July 15, 2019]).
  4. ↑ Interview: Frightened Rabbit on life after Scott Hutchison. Retrieved July 15, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Chart sources: UK US

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