top of page

ERRANT BOY

          Memory Fractures

                                            

    out 16/11/18                                                    vinyl + digital  

  • Spotify Social Icon
  • iTunes Social Icon
  • SoundCloud Social Icon
  • Amazon Social Icon
  • Bandcamp Social Icon
  • Facebook - Black Circle
  • Twitter - Black Circle
  • YouTube - Black Circle

Chris Harvie(guitars/songs 

Sarrah McLaren (drums) 

Sean Ormsby (voice/bass/songs).

Formed in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2015, Errant Boy has been building on its well-reviewed debut which included  four stars review in The Scotsman and radio play as a BBC Introducing artist. The band takes inspiration from the smart guitar pop of the 1980s such as Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, The Go-Betweens, Felt and The Smiths.

bio:

press/media:

Errant Boy (1 of 1)-6.jpg
sarrah depot.jpg

‘Debonair’ (BBC Introducing Scotland)

 

**** (The Scotsman newspaper)

 

‘Revelatory’ (Glasgow Podcart)

 

‘elegant, experimental pop’ (The List)

 

‘frankly superb’ (Scottish Fiction)

 

‘lighthearted and sinister’ (The National)

 

‘striking sound and unconventional style’ (RaveChild)

 

‘it’s a song to fall in love with and to – simply thrilling, honey’ (Scots Whay Hae)

 

‘excellent dynamics...demands repeated plays’ (When You Motor Away blog)

 

‘a frenetic sonic whirlpool’ (The Barley Boat)

'hints of sinister goings-on' (Is This Music?)

Live:

Live at Troon Festival (Girvan's Bar) 7th Sept

13th Note, Glasgow 23rd Nov

 

Edinburgh Leith Depot Album Launch 30th Nov

More tbc

press release:

Edinburgh-based trio Errant Boy’s second album Memory Fractures continues to finesse and develop the taut songwriting of debut collection A Wayward Mirror (2016).

 

Memory Fractures begins with Means’ Italian film sample and ends on The Undeserted House’s haunted babble. In between are snapshots of a tense Belfast childhood and alcohol-fuelled bliss and regret in Edinburgh, North London and beyond. A striking guitar gauze duels with a solid but unfussy rhythm section throughout, perfectly serving these mostly short blasts of experience. Musically, it’s melodic and lean, intense and compact. Lyrically, it draws on autobiographical fragments spanning childhood, youth, twenties cutting loose and fatherhood.

 

The band has also co-founded and developed Errant Media an independent label and home to Shards, Errant Boy, Stephen McLaren and Locked Hands. Releases have already been supported by BBC Introducing Scotland, BBC Radio Scotland’s Vic Galloway Show, respected blogs like Song, By Toad, Scottish Fiction, Faronheit, Almost Predictable, Almost, When You Motor Away, Penny Black and Scots Whay Hae as well as UK and international podcasters and print media like The Scotsman, The Herald, The Skinny, The List and The National. Errant Media also promotes regular gigs at Edinburgh’s revered Leith Depot.

hi-res photos:

CONTACT
Sean Ormsby or Stephen McLaren
 at
   errantmediamusic@gmail.com
  • Facebook Social Icon
  • Twitter Social Icon

     Photo credits:

Sarrah on drums - Deborah Mullen

Sean and Chris live - Jordan Yorkston

Promo pictures - Emmanuelle Le Coz

IMG_0637 (3).JPG
HI-RES PHOTO
bottom of page