The Pearlfishers
| The Pearlfishers | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Glasgow , Scotland |
| Genre (s) | Pop , rock |
| founding | 1989 |
| Website | www.pearlfishers.co.uk |
| Founding members | |
| David Scott | |
The Pearlfishers is a Scottish pop band from Glasgow , which is led by the singer and songwriter David Scott (* 1964).
General
The band has existed since 1989, David Scott has been a professional musician since 1984.
The band was described by critic Michael Edwards in 2007 as "one of Scotland's best-kept musical secrets". The band includes drummer Jim Gash, bassist Dee Bahl and Duglas T. Stewart. The predecessor band were the BMX Bandits .
The 2007 album Up With the Larks was named one of the top albums of 2007 by the Sunday Mail music critic Billy Sloan. Her 2014 release, Open Up Your Coloring Book , has been compared to the music of Paul Simon and the Beach Boys .
Discography
- Sacred , EP (My Dark Star, 1991)
- Hurt , EP (My Dark Star, 1991)
- Woodenwire , EP (My Dark Star, 1991)
- Saint Francis Songs , EP (Iona Gold, 1993)
- Za Za's Garden (Iona Gold, 1993)
- Living in a Foreign Country , EP (Iona Gold, 1994)
- The Strange Underworld of the Tall Poppies (Marina, 1997)
- Even on a Sunday Afternoon , EP (Marina, 1997)
- Banana Sandwich , EP (Marina, 1998)
- The Young Picnickers (Marina, 1999)
- Across The Milky Way (Marina, 2001)
- Sky Meadows (Marina, 2003)
- A Sunflower at Christmas , EP (Marina, 2004)
- Up With The Larks (Marina, 2007)
- The Umbrellas of Shibuya , 7 "vinyl single (Marina, 2007)
- Open Up Your Coloring Book (Marina, 2014)
Web links
- Own website (English)
- Pearlfishers: The very last romantic , review on welt.de (2014)
- Interview with David Scott (2017 )
- Biography on allmusic.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ thelosangelesbeat.com: No Room for Rock Stars: an Interview with David Scott
- ↑ tuanaekmekcioglu.com.tr: Interview with David Scott
- ^ Exclaim.ca: Up With The Larks
- ↑ allmusic.com: Sky Meadows - Credits
- ↑ highbeam.com: I'm Up With The Larks ( Memento from June 12, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: heraldscotland.com: The Pearlfishers open up your coloring book