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Scott Hutchison might not satisfy the traditional image of a shameless tease but here he is compounding our restlessness and impatience by tossing us another wee scrap from eagerly awaited album, ‘The Winter of Mixed Drinks’ (released in March 2010)
Brand new single ‘Nothing Like You’ is released February 22nd, backed with another new song, ‘Learned Your Name’. More riotous and itchy than the record’s immediate predecessor, ‘Swim Until You Can’t See Land’ (championed by Zane Lowe and the NME) ‘Nothing Like You’ builds on the phlegmatic fury of classics like, ‘I Feel Better’ and validates Hutchinson’s status as a Mull Historical Society for very sad and very angry misanthropists.
Frightened Rabbit ended 2009 playing to huge crowds at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebration and 2010 will be a pivotal year for the band, as Scott acknowledges: “I’ve never been in a position of being aware of an audience of any size that was waiting for our music until now. You have to be aware of it or else it’s totally selfish. Pressure sounds like a negative thing but it’s quite positive actually. It feels earned. Everything we have achieved has been earned. It would be disappointing if we didn’t become more popular because that’s got to be the goal for every new record. If it comes I think we are actually ready for it now.’
‘Nothing Like You’ is released on 22nd February through Fat Cat Records
The March headline dates run as follows:
04/03/10 York Duchess
05/03/10 Manchester Club Academy
06/03/10 Aldershot West End Centre
08/03/10 Bristol Thekla
09/03/10 Oxford Academy 2
10/03/10 London Koko
12/03/10 Birmingham Academy 2
13/03/10 Sheffield Leadmill 2
14/03/10 Norwich Arts Centre
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