Broken Records
Location
Endinburgh, Scotland
Bio
Broken Records are a seven-piece indie folk band from Edinburgh, Scotland, which formed in December 2006.[1] The band are signed to 4AD and released their debut album, Until the Earth Begins to Part, on 1 June 2009.
The band was originally a three-piece comprising Jamie Sutherland,
brother Rory Sutherland (violin, guitar and accordion), and Ian
Turnbull (guitar, piano and accordion).[1]
After a few performances they added Arne Kolb (cello), Dave Smith
(piano, trumpet), Andrew Keeney (drums), and David Fothergill (bass).[1] Broken Records played 60 gigs in 2007 and recorded a session for BBC Radio 1 at the Maida Vale studios.[1] They played a well-received set at T in the Park's T Break stage in 2007[2] and went on to play two sets at the 2008 Connect Festival, including a well-attended headlining set at the Your Sound bandstand.
Broken Records released three singles on three different record
labels throughout 2008: "If the News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It" on
Young Turks in April,[3] "Slow Parade" on Label Fandango in August,[4] and "Lies" on Distiller Records in November.[5]
Tipped for big things by publications such as The Skinny, NME[6] and Q, the band signed a deal with the independent record label 4AD, with whom they released their debut album Until the Earth Begins to Part on 1 June 2009.[7][8] The album has been described by frontman Jamie Sutherland as "based around all the shit things men do."[9]
Broken Records will release a digital EP, entitled Out on the Water, on 2 November 2009. The release contains songs recorded before Until the Earth Begins to Part.[10][11] The band recently covered The Beatles' song "Oh! Darling" for Mojo Magazine's Abbey Road Now!, a free cover-mounted CD given away with the October 2009 issue of the magazine.
