Reindeer Section (Scotland) – You Are My Joy

A 2001 Crud favourite, The Reindeer Section - elegant scottish D-List ensemble reassemble for 2002 release, 'Son OF Evil Reindeer'. And Crud has the video streams to prove it.

11/06/2002

Less than a year since releasing undoubtedly one of Crud’s albums of 2001 – the solid gold smatterings of ‘Y’All Get Scared Now, Ya Hear’ – and Scotland’s premier indie supergroup the Reindeer Section are hot on their own heels with the release of their second long player, ‘Son Of Evil Reindeer’, forthcoming on June 17th. Gary Lightbody, gallant leader of the ‘Section and Snow Patrol song - writing man 9-5, clearly unable to nip his creativity in the bud has weaved another clutch of glorious melody together and rounded up even more of his elegantly D-list friends to help him.

Now, hold your breath. The collective now numbers 27 (or thereabouts) and features Gary and his Snow Patrol partner Jonny Quinn, Astrid’s Neil Payne, Charlie Clarke, Willy Campbell, Gareth Russell and Eva’s Jenny Reeve making up the core band. Then further help was provided by Mark McLelland (Snow Patrol) John Cummings (Mogwai), Eugene Kelly (The Vaselines – y’know, Kurt Cobain liked ‘em), Lee Gorton, Sam Morris & Ben Dumville (Alfie), Aidan Moffat, Malcolm Middleton & Colin MacPherson (Arab Strap), Sarah Roberts (Eva), Roddy Woomble (Idlewild), Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Richard Colburn, Mick Cooke & Bob Kildea (Belle & Sebastian), Iain Archer (Cadet) and Stacey Sievewright, Paul Fox and Marcus Mackay. Alright, so not every last one is a Scot, but near enough.

The first single, the wondrous warm breeze of ‘You Are My Joy’, is out this week on Bright Star Recordings. Like the Lemonheads rolling around on their Belly with old school Flaming Lips camouflaged amongst the flowers, it’s a ray of pure pop sunshine giving a more obvious nod to the American alt-whatever sound that was certainly hinted at last time. It is nothing short of magnificent and just belongs to the summertime. And not only can you let your ears get wrapped up in the whole thing here, you can engage your eyes with some gleeful visuals too.

They’re currently trimming themselves down to a more tourable outfit and will be hitting the road in a limited capacity over the summer. Crud will of course let you know the whens and hows as soon as we do.

http://www.brightstarrecordings.com/

James Berry for Crud Magazine© 2002

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