West Lothian indie rockers The Snuts have been winning some rave reviews for their new album.
Released last week, Burn the Empire, is the second offering from the Whitburn stars.
Their debut album WL topped the UK Albums Chart last year and won them a legion of fans and making them the first group to sell out three dates at the famous Barrowland Ballroom before releasing a debut album.
They supported Lewis Capaldi, a mate with whom Jack was briefly at Whitburn Academy with, at Glasgow’s infamous King Tuts and helped sell the show out.
As their gigs got bigger, they used the money from ticket sales to record their first demos at a Glasgow studio, while all working day jobs, which they stuck with until they the day they signed to Parlophone in late 2018.
They’ve come a long way from their humble beginnings, now supporting the likes of Louis Tomlinson and The Kooks, followed by a multi-million pound Strongbow ad campaign and FIFA21 soundtrack.
To support their new album, they’re currently in the middle of their own UK tour, which includes dates at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall and the O2 Academy on Glasgow.
Speaking about their new album, lead singer Jack Cochrane said it was “bonkers all the way through”.
And this approach seems to be working, as the album earned four stars from NME, while Far Out Magazine said the boys had “found their voice” on the new record.
Jack said: “The universe delivered us time to create a record where we finally felt we could address some of the topics, be it societal or spiritual, that we have been dying to scream out,
“There are songs about the highs and lows, stuff we really want to talk about and things we cannot help but feel, but have just never made the space to.”
The band played their first gigs when they were just 15 years old after forming when Jack Cochrane moved to a new secondary school and bonded with childhood best friends Joe McGillveray (guitar), Callum Wilson (bass) and Jordan Mackay (drums) over their shared love of The Libertines.
Always playing original songs written by Jack, they sensed they were on to something, when they put on a gig in a local miner’s club and 300 people turned up, they knew they were on their way.
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