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[chilli]

imp are exceedingly delighted to announce the return of a fantastic band on the day of their album launch:-

Monday 30th January 06
The Tunnels,
Doors 8pm,
Entry £5

Saint Jude's Infirmary (SL Records)
Stanley
Steven Milne (Solo)


Saint Jude's Infirmary
Risen from the ashes of an under-fourteen football team.
Saint Jude‚s Infirmary were formed in Kirkcaldy, Fife in the mid-nineties based around the song-writing of twins Ashley and Grant Campbell and the velvet voice of their cousin Emma-Jane. Early reviews compared their embryonic sound to a first untrammeled howls of the Velvet Underground mixed with a primal sixties girl-group beat - a comparison that neither time nor wisdom has shaken. The band moved to Edinburgh sharing stages with local luminaries such as Ballboy and NME favourites Khaya before releasing their debut single ŒHome-made Christmas Card‚ on the Paris France label. This dark, acerbic repose to the traditional Christmas single was described as „Truly Spine-tingling dream pop‰ and "Star-crossed mix of Blondie and Leonard Cohen!‰ by the Scottish music press and went into a second pressing after regular exposure on BBC Radio Scotland. Various drummer departures and the brief emigration of Ashley to rebel country capital Austin, Texas, led to the band splitting. This move did however inspire Ashley and Grant to re-emerge in Amsterdam, Holland, with the critically acclaimed loud country shock troops of Sacred Heart Losers. Variously described as „Funeral Troubadours and Louvin Brothers breeding with The Jesus and Mary Chain. An immaculate concept playing support slots to the likes of The Handsome family and Lift To Experience. However, earlier last year, the band heard the call again and returned, like weary Samurai massed ranks, to once more lay assault to the stale laddish inertia of the Scottish music scene. Recruiting ex-Sacred Heart Losers, Mark Francis on drums and Andrew Dempster on keyboard, the band have blazed a trail through Edinburgh's live music scene and recorded a set of new songs matching their poetic poise to a new fuzzy and melodic post punk sound-scape. These new songs are a continuation of the sound and vision that the band have sheltered since children and with them the band have been described as „Possible the band that are turning me on most just now‰ and „Simply stunning, the band to watch out for this year‰ by Beat 106 DJ Jim Gellatly. This growing momentum has culminated in Saint Jude‚s Infirmary recently being hailed as „A Gorgeously lethargic wisp of Velvet Underground/Mazzy Star melancholy, these Edinburgh dreamers are what rainy days rain for. Fronted by a sweetly cooing Debbie Harry lookalike, they‚ve only been together for a few months but their talent rivals that of bands with careers a dozen times as long‰ in Paul Whitelaw's Scotland On Sunday front page expose on the top twenty bands in Scotland.

Support from two acts tipped for greater things in 2006

Stanley who rarely enjoy comparisons, but if you were to take the intelligence of The Divine Comedy, the creativity of Radiohead circa The Bends and the soaring vocal talents of Scott Walker & the mighty Billy Mackenzie And that can't be bad, can it? A real gem of a band
who are as different as anybody is in the scene here.

Steven Milne, a solo set from The Little Kicks front man.


footnote 1
St Jude's Infirmary have the Scottish Central Belt broadsheet press crowing about them

footnote 2 Coming Up in King Tut's Wah Wah Hut...
SAINT JUDES INFIRMARY + The Colts + Red Bee Society + Prototypes (featuring
Ian McCulloch) - Friday 27th January

Mac the Mouth from the Bunnymen is supporting St Judes @ King Tuts!!!!!!!!!!!!

[britheguy]

QUOTE: - - Stanley who rarely enjoy comparisons, but if you were to take the intelligence of The Divine Comedy, the creativity of Radiohead circa The Bends and the soaring vocal talents of Scott Walker & the mighty Billy Mackenzie And that can't be bad, can it? A real gem of a band
who are as different as anybody is in the scene here.

Just heard the news from Harry. Nice one Stephen P

[stuartmaxwell]

will be a great show indeed

[chilli]

bumping your way soon

[Graeme]

Originally Posted by britheguy

QUOTE: - - Stanley who rarely enjoy comparisons, but if you were to take the intelligence of The Divine Comedy, the creativity of Radiohead circa The Bends and the soaring vocal talents of Scott Walker & the mighty Billy Mackenzie And that can't be bad, can it? A real gem of a band
who are as different as anybody is in the scene here.

Just heard the news from Harry. Nice one Stephen P

Looking forward to seeing Stanley for the first time.

[chilli]

Originally Posted by stuartmaxwell

will be a great show indeed

get on your bike & down to the tunnels on monday night
st judes were very very impressive when they played there
the only other time

[careering]

Originally Posted by chilli

get on your bike & down to the tunnels on monday night
st judes were very very impressive when they played there
the only other time

saw st jude's headlining @ king tuts last week, they were superb go catch them....
the drummer was fantastic, sure i know him from somewhere

[Graeme]

Originally Posted by careering

the drummer was fantastic, sure i know him from somewhere

maybe from desc?

[chilli]

Originally Posted by Graeme

maybe from desc?

fingers crossed its that drummer, coz you are right he is amazing....

come see what the fuss is about st judes are just a wee bit special

[trippinoneastereggs]

great gig, came in at the end of Steve's set so missed most of that but the boy can never dissapoint.

Wasnt much of a fan of St Judes to be honest, and the night belonged to Stanley, amazing stuff, have heard their demos and they were amazing live.

Also I love the caberet set up Imp set out.