about
Member Since: 9/17/2005
Band Website: thescottishenlightenment.co.uk
Band Members:
Influences: Low, Pavement, Sigur Ros, Adrian Crowley, Radiohead, Nick Cave, Smashing Pumpkins, Flaming Lips, Calexico, Bjork, Idlewild, Pixies, Chris Whitley, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Sir Cliff Richard, Stefan Dennis, and William Wordsworth.
Sounds Like: Most recently, The List saw fit to bestow 5 stars upon The Scottish Enlightenment, saying of a recent Cabaret Voltaire knees-up: "The crowd are still filtering in when the openers take the stage, but are slowly drawn towards The Scottish Enlightenment - a Dunfermline four-piece with the menace of Joy Division and the slacker indie cool of Pavement. Whether it’s their engrossing hooks, guitar flurries, or the occasional brooding soundscape, the band set a high benchmark."
Also of note is the first ever email we received on myspace:
"Im sorry, i dont like your band".
Very polite.
Less polite, but a high class slagging...
"I wouldn’t be caught dead anywhere near a mis-rooting, major/minor conforming, detuned guitar playing hitler like yourself."
If you remove all the bits where he (correctly) said we have no onstage charisma, a reviewer for skinny mag said "stargazing guitars...and wailing guitar harmonies...this is a band that could go somewhere". aw....
Michael McLennan said of us in the Glasgow Herald "it’s a pleasure to come across a band like The Scottish Enlightenment, who temper their ramshackle indie clatter with existentialist thinking."
And what’s more, “Authentic intelligent indie...with the sheer dancefloor-tempting melodies of songs like “Eyes†their tunes are sure to become lodged firmly in your head and on the music scene†said Karen Dorrat, in the legendary Is This Music . Quite...
Record Label: moojuicerecords.com
Type of Label: Indie