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Release Date: 24 April 2026
Label: Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Clamshell
No of Units: 3
Barcode: 5013929120785
Description
• 3CDs COMPILED BY CELEBRATED AUTHOR AND DIRECTOR GRANT MCPHEE (POSTCARD FROM SCOTLAND, TEENAGE SUPERSTARS, ETC).
•TRACING THE EVOLUTION OF THE SCOTTISH INDIE SCENE, FROM THE MID-80s EXPLOITS OF THE C86 SCENE, THROUGH BELSHILL AND INTO THE LATE 1990S VIA CHEMIKAL UNDERGROUND AND FIFE'S DIY MOVEMENT.
• STARRING THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN, BELLE AND SEBASTIAN, PRIMAL SCREAM, ARAB STRAP, SHOP ASSISTANTS, MOGWAI, THE VASELINES, KING CREOSOTE, THE SOUP DRAGONS, THE DELGADOS, CAMERA OBSCURA, THE ORCHIDS, BMX BANDITS, BIS, THE BETA BAND AND MORE.
• PACKED WITH HOUSEHOLD NAMES, ESSENTIAL CUTS, UNDERGROUND LEGENDS, LESSER-KNOWN INDIE GEMS AND FOUR PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS.
• COMPLETE WITH ARCHIVAL IMAGERY, BAND BIOGRAPHIES AND GRANT MCPHEE'S INSIGHTFUL FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT.
Following its blossoming in the post-punk era, by the mid-80s, the Scottish indie scene had become a sprawling, glorious network of bands, fanzines, club nights and record shops. When the NME issued its now-mythic 'C86’ cassette in 1986, Scottish music featured heavily, setting the tone for a couple of decades of brilliant and eclectic music.
From the noise-pop of The Jesus And Mary Chain and the effortless retro cool of Primal Scream, through the kawaii stylings of Bis and the sophisticated pop of Belle And Sebastian, to the dour post rock of Arab Strap and the melting pot eclecticism of The Beta Band, 'Something For The Longing' pulls together a snapshot of that time and place. Compiled chronologically, this is a story whose narrative takes in familiar faces, mythical scenesters, bona fide rock gods, singularly minded labels and, above all, the inventive musical exploits of a nation punching well above its weight.
Complete with a sleevenote essay and band biographies by curator Grant McPhee, archival imagery and a handful of unreleased recordings provided especially by the artists, 'Something For The Longing' is a must-hear for fans and collectors of the '80s and '90s indie scenes, anybody who was there and then, and the Caledophile in your life.
Tracklisting
DISC ONE
1. The Jesus And Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up
2. Shop Assistants - I Don’t Wanna Be Friends With You
3. Rote Kapelle - These Animals Are Dangerous
4. The Soup Dragons - Soft As Your Face
5. The Motorcycle Boy - Big Rock Candy Mountain
6. Primal Scream - Gentle Tuesday
7. The Big Gun - Heard About Love
8. The Thieves - Talk Your Head Off
9. The Clouds - Get Out Of My Dream
10. Biff Bang Pow! - He Don’t Need That Girl
11. The Revolving Paint Dream - Stop The World
12. The Jasmine Minks - Cut Me Deep
13. Christine’s Cat - She's Alive*
14. Baby Lemonade - Much Too Late
15. The Golden Dawn - My Secret World
16. The Vaselines - Teenage Superstar
17. Dawson - Noel Edmonds
18. Stretchheads - A Freakout
19. Badgewearer - Buspass Conspiracy
20. Spirea X - Chlorine Dream
21. Fenn - Saint's Gate (Demo)*
22. The Fizzbombs - Blue Summer
23. The Hardy Boys - Wonderful Lie
24. Whiteout - The Next Big Thing
25. The Vultures - You’re Not Scared
DISC TWO
1. The Orchids - Something For The Longing
2. The Wendys - Enjoy The Things You Fear
3. Pearlfishers - Sacred
4. BMX Bandits - Serious Drugs
5. Superstar - Don't Wanna Die
6. Long Fin Killie - The Lamberton Lamplighter
7. Whirling Pig Dervish - Whip
8. The Stanleys - Royal Blue*
9. Lung Leg - Punk Pop Travesty
10. Glue - Modelling
11. Spare Snare - Wired For Sound
12. Pink Kross - Punk Outfit
13. Lugworm - Sweaty Says
14. The Blisters - Patrick Meets The Courgettes
15. Trout - Owl In The Tree
16. The Yummy Fur - Typical Of Boys
17. The Poison Sisters - Chicane
18. Hee Haw - 6/26
19. Sally Skull - Bride Of Frankenstein
20. The Luci Baines Band - Find A Lil Love (Extended)
21. Eska - Running On Sum Six Dew
22. Country Teasers - Last Bridge Of Spencer Smith
23. Nostril - Token Song About Foreign Politics
24. Dick Johnson - Disposable
DISC THREE
1. Arab Strap - The First Big Weekend
2. The Delgados - Monica Webster
3. Bis - Keroleen
4. Frank Blake - Plastic Bag
5. Belle And Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane
6. Urusei Yatsura - Hello Tiger
7. The Male Nurse - My Own Private P. Swayze
8. Starstruck - Orange
9. The Starlets - Tainted
10. El Hombre Trajeado - Logo (Album Version)
11. Gilded Lil - Last Tango In Tollkross
12. Camera Obscura - Your Sound
13. Huckleberry - Three-Speed Wilfred*
14. King Creosote - A Little Paint
15. The Beta Band - Inner Meet Me
16. The Amphetameanies - Last Night
17. V-Twin - Thank You Baby
18. Mogwai - Christmas Steps
*PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
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