![]() ![]() “Rubbing shoulders with the sheets till two And melodically, they're often kind of up and down-almost gymnastic really compared to nowadays.ĪC: Yeah, with the lyrics on those early albums, I wasn’t always sure about the meanings behind the songs, but I always enjoyed how the words sounded-the sort of playfulness in them. But when I'm singing them, sometimes I don’t know what I was thinking as far as cramming all those words in and not giving myself a chance to breathe! I don’t know, I must have had superhuman lungs or something back then. A lot of motor memory is really still in place. It’s funny- when we start playing these old songs, we tend not to rehearse much. But we’re discovering that it’s maybe helping us re-work some things that we might have dismissed out of hand if it wasn’t for the push from the requests. There are some older songs we look at with a little trepidation. After all this time, do you guys still enjoy playing tunes off Cake (1990) or I’ve Seen Everything (1993)? Is there still a resonance with those songs within the band as there seems to be with the fans?įR: I suspect there’s some distance in what we feel compared to what the fans do, going by the requests so far. Our relationships with each other are probably the same as they ever were.ĪC: I know you’re taking requests from fans on this tour. What’s stayed the same… I don’t know, the people are essentially the same. In the early days, you’ll gripe if you don’t get a chance to shower before sound check and things like that. But generally, we just tend to let things bounce off us now, I think. And we tend to stop for the bathroom a bit more. ![]() And what, if anything, has stayed essentially the same?įRANK READER: Well, as far as what’s changed, we’re probably a lot mellower. On the band’s current American acoustic tour, for example, they’re selling t-shirts with the slogan: “Trashcan Sinatras: Legendary Scottish Band.” It’s self-deprecating and funny, but in a just world, there’s no reason to think it couldn’t have been true.įrom his new digs in Los Angeles, lead singer Frank Reader was kind enough to talk with me about his band’s transition into middle age, the potential pitfalls of contentment, and the possibility of some TCS back catalog reissues.ĪNDREW CLAYMAN: For starters, since the new acoustic tour starts this spring, I’m curious what’s changed the most about life on the road for the Trashcan Sinatras over the past 20 years. Spurred on by a small but passionate online fan base, the group re-emerged from an eight-year creative coma in 2004 with the splendid Weightlifting, followed by 2009’s equally engaging (if a bit more MOR) In the Music.Īfter 25 years together, the Trashcan Sinatras haven’t necessarily escaped the obscurity tag, but in a roundabout way, they’ve come to embrace it. That very well may have spelled the end of the Trashcans’ tale, too, had it not been for the simultaneous emergence of the internet. But as is customary with the finest of cult bands, they were unceremoniously dropped by their label ( Go! Discs) and thrown into bankruptcy by 1996. With their first three albums, the affable Scottish lads arguably built the bridge between Glasgow’s old school ( Orange Juice, Aztec Camera) and new school ( Travis, Belle & Sebastian). This multi-camera shoot was multi-tracked and mixed and mastered in stereo (it is not surround sound).From the release of their very first single- 1990’s perversely prophetic “Obscurity Knocks”- the Trashcan Sinatras have always seemed keenly aware of their place in the pop cosmos. The DVD is NTSC format and region-free and should be compatible with most DVD players worldwide. ![]() All Night In America features 21 songs on CD and 31 on DVD in a gatefold package, with a 6-panel front/back poster insert. The CD/DVD was released through Pledge Music in October 2018. On November 4, 2017, John, Frank, and Paul filmed an acoustic performance at Swing House in Los Angeles, which would become the CD/DVD combo All Night In America.
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