Scottish Band One Man Town Impresses With Debut Material
I first heard about One Man Town (pictured above), a quartet from the West Coast of Scotland, from Soup, the drummer with the all-female, Glasgow-based power-pop quartet The Hedrons. Soup’s sister, Kay McLaren, is One Man Town’s drummer.
One Man Town has several videos up on You Tube at the moment, and two of the songs featured in the clips are so different that one might think that they are by two different bands. “Say You Do (Everybody’s Naked)” is a fun, jaunty, punchy number while “The Days of Your Life” is considerably more serious and introspective. I like the fact that One Man Town can shift styles so drastically and do it well. They also have several songs in the music player on their MySpace page.
To watch the video for “Say You Do (Everybody’s Naked)” by One Man Town, click below:
To watch the video for One Man Town’s “The Days of Your Life,” click below:
Powerline A.D. recently conducted a brief e-mail Q&A with One Man Town’s Andy McGregor to find out more about the band. Here’s what Andy had to say:
POWERLINE A.D.:Is “Say You Do (Everybody’s Naked)” the band’s debut single?
Andy McGregor: Originally we just recorded the song and video as an ongoing project for our debut album, but the response has been so great that we are now looking at a single release.
POWERLINE A.D.: Do you have an album coming out?
Andy McGregor: We have been working towards our album (working title Evolution Revolution) for some time now, we are about three tracks away from completion. One thing we would like to do is release a video version of the album, where every song has a video accompanying it, ideal for an iPod. We have a bunch of ideas stored up and are always adding new videos to our YouTube, Bebo and MySpace pages.
POWERLINE A.D.: How did the band get together?
Andy McGregor: I was in a rock band called Blind Pew for ten years. We achieved some moderate success but, after signing a dodgy record deal, we never broke through and ended up falling to bits. From the ashes I chiseled away at some shiny pop songs in my own little studio. I was happy with the songs but wanted to play them live. The small town where I live (Largs on the West Coast of Scotland) is not known for being an epicenter of rock but I managed to find some willing players fresh from University and school to come and join in the fun. One Man Town have been together for around a year in their current format with myself on vox and guitar, Matt Hickman on guitar, Kay McLaren on drums, and Stuart McArthur on bass. We are joined live by my brother Stuart on keyboards.
POWERLINE A.D.: Do you have any future touring plans (UK, Europe, America)?
Andy McGregor: We are looking at touring Britain towards the start of next year once our album is out, just now we are concentrating on local gigs and recording.
For additional information about One Man Town, go to:
http://www.onemantown.com
http://www.myspace.com/onemantownmusic
