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SUPER PUNY HUMANS! is a 4 date tour featuring three of Glasgow’s most exciting young talents: Y’all is Fantasy Island, Zoey Van Goey, and the novelist Alan Bissett.
Alan was featured on the recent Ballads of the Book CD, organised by Roddy Woomble from Idlewild, uniting the cream of Scotland’s writing and music talents. The album twinned him with Arab Strap’s Malcolm Middleton for the song ‘The Rebel on His Own Tonight’.
The CD merges Scotland’s vibrant indie and writing scenes, a testament to their ongoing crossover. Irvine Welsh duetted with Primal Scream in 1996. Edwin Morgan appeared on Idlewild’s album The Remote Part. Iain Banks is currently arranging a CD of songs by bands based around his book Espedair Street. Young novelists Rodge Glass and Doug Johnstone moonlight in bands, while, conversely, Aidan Moffat has gone into spoken word.
For the first time in Scotland, however, two young bands are uniting with a writer to go on tour. Super Puny Humans! will see Alan Bissett reading from his novels Boyracers and The Incredible Adam Spark between sets from the acclaimed Y’all is Fantasy Island, and up-and-comers Zoey Van Goey. A fizzy, trippy night of words and music is assured.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Y'all is Fantasy Island formed in 2005. Guitarist Tommy Blair, drummer Jon McCall and singer/songwriter Adam Stafford recorded their debut album In Faceless Towns Forever in 19 hours in an abandoned house in Falkirk. The album was issued to much acclaim in September 2006 and saw them support The Handsome Family, The Veils and Thomas Truax.
"Think King Creosote after a night on the fags with John Martyn... the trio somehow marrying Leonard Cohen with famous fellow Bairns Arab Strap." – Is This Music
"Full force post-rock thrash, punctuated with moments of intuitive guitar smithery that would make J Mascis crack a grin." – The List"Porch-bound whispers with tendrils of folk, electronica and metal guitar" – Metro
Alan Bissett is a novelist. His books about Falkirk teenagers, Boyracers and The Incredible Adam Spark, have been cult successes among young Scots. He sometimes a blog for The Guardian. In 2006 he was named on The List magazine’s annual Hot 100 Scots. In April 2007 he appears on the line-up at the Triptych music festival.
“A heroic, ebullient, day-glo word-slinger. One of Scotland’s greatest young writing talents, whose exceptional novels have spiked and revitalised the country’s canon.†– Triptych Festival
"Scotland already has plenty of literary heroes, but it's found another in the incredible Alan Bissett." – Time Out
"If James Kelman was 30 years younger, and had been exposed to the same pop culture that Douglas Coupland was he'd be Alan Bissett." – Sunday Herald
“Superb from start to finish.†– FHM
Zoey Van Goey is a band made up of Matt Brennan, Michael John McCarthy, and Kim Moore. They hail from Canada, Ireland, and England respectively.Packing out shows in Glasgow, Zoey Van Goey have quickly gained a reputation for beguiling live performances and onstage banter. The band are working towards releasing a debut single on vinyl and digital download in September, with plans to record a full-length album.Making their debut in Sept 2006, they have already drawn favourable comparisons to the adventurous trios Yo La Tengo and Deerhoof. Quirky, talented, and cheerfully subversive, the multi-instrumentalist ragamuffins are fast becoming the most original band to watch in 2007.
For further information or press passes contact...
Alan – [email protected]
Michael John – [email protected]
Adam – [email protected]
**** Please Note - Malcolm Middleton will not be appearing on the Super Puny Humans Tour ****
