Doom Scroller, Scotland On Sunday, 19 May 2024
Doom Scroller | Off Axis Artist of the Week in Scotland On Sunday, 19 May 2024
Words by Derick Mackinnon and Olaf Furniss. Read on Scotsman.com
Doom Scroller are the brainchild of Alex Auldsmith, who works across a range of creative disciplines including music, video, art, dance, poetry and theatre, as well as finding time to run an antique map shop on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. He recruited Alex Palmer after hearing him playing his drum kit in the middle of a field on Lindisfarne and a mutual acquaintance introduced him to producer Scott Bathgate who also plays bass and keyboards.
The trio create a captivating blend of sounds, which have an ethereal soulfulness while still be eminently listenable, making their forthcoming album, The Flat Earth, one of the best of our favourites this year. Released on 31 May on the label New Teeth records, (including a limited edition vinyl run), it also features guest appears by fellow creative magicians Kapil Seshasayee, Gloria Black from Maranta and polymath Iona Lee. Their contributions are complemented by a range of field recordings made by Auldsmith including the sound of Chinese opera, Japanese bullet trains, a call to prayer and plane safety announcements.
Doom Scroller play the album launch at Sneaky Pete’s on 31 May and The Skinny’s stage at Kelburn Garden Party on 5 July see https://linktr.ee/doomscrollertheband
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