No Wrest for the wicked as ‘hobby band’ sell out several shows – The National
AN unsigned “hobby band” have sold out three consecutive gigs follow-ing the release of their debut album in June. Now Edinburgh ’s Wrest are releasing Coward Of Us All on vinyl after sustained demand from fans of the band’s soaring indie-folk epics. Later this month the four- piece return to Glasgow for a concert supported by Stirling’s Robbie Hutton and local folk rockers These Wooden Bones. Don’t be tardy getting tickets – they’re about to sell out, says frontman Stewart Douglas. “To sell-out one show would have been incredible but it looks as if we’ll soon be on four in a row,” says Douglas. The perfectly pitched songwriter is still buzzing from just having played a solo show to a full house in Lerwick – 350 miles from home. During his trip north, Douglas was asked to stop by BBC Radio Shetland for a live performance and interview. No wonder folk are keen to chat: the self-funded record refines elements from the likes of The Twilight Sad, We Were Prom...