Quiet Houses, Scotland On Sunday, 23 August 2020
Quiet Houses | Academy of Music & Sound Artist of the Week in Scotland On Sunday, 23 August 2020
Words by Derick Mackinnon and Olaf Furniss. Read on Scotsman.com
Hannah Elliott and Jamie Stewart met at school in Edinburgh, but although they were in the same music class, her interest lay in classical music while he aspired to be “the next Jimmy Page.” However, when both of them moved to Manchester to study at different institutions, they reconvened and this time started writing songs under the name Quiet Houses.
Since 2018 they have released several singles which have found well-deserved attention from BBC presenters Ryan Paul and Tom Robinson thanks to a winning combination of Elliot’s voice, gentle instrumentation and a droll lyrical style which is fast becoming the duo’s trademark. On their latest song, Pool which came out on Friday, they even manage to create a witty narrative around accompanying an alcoholic father on his drinking expeditions.
Quiet Houses have spent the past few months back in Edinburgh working on an album in the new year, which based on what we’ve heard so could well be a musical highlight of 2021. In the meantime, get a flavour of their live performances at https://www.facebook.com/QuietHousesUK
Olaf Furniss and Derick Mackinnon run music industry seminar and social night Born To Be Wide visit www.borntobewide.co.uk
Academy of Music & Sound sponsors Artist of the Week in Scotland On Sunday
The Academy of Music & Sound was founded in 1994, and has welcomed over 5000 students into courses in popular music, production and music business over the years. The academy has launched a NEW Rap/Hip-Hop course and continues to provide full time courses, HND, BA(hons) and MMus in Music. Visit http://www.academyofmusic.ac.uk/ for our courses
* For consideration as our Artist of the Week please visit https://www.newfoundsound.co.uk/scotland-on-sunday and review the checklist of what we NEED in order to feature bands / artists in Scotland On Sunday. Then email Derick Mackinnon with all of the information required (derick@newfoundsound.co.uk ) Scotland On Sunday