Oct 25, 2022
Hello and welcome to episode 146 of the ACPG podcast and a return to the weekly format to see us to the end of the year and the end of season four.
This week Ben is zooming with Dante from the band GUN, as well as the return of a season three guest Ewan Macfarlane for a special doulbe bubble.
Ben spoke to Dante and Ewan about their respective new albums.
The Calton Songs’ is an album that
takes its name from the area of Glasgow where the band grew up, and
where they still write their music. This record is about
celebrating the road that GUN have taken to reach this point, these
new versions of great songs are cut through with un-ironic
nostalgia but this is a band with an eye on the horizon for what’s
to come, not what’s over their shoulder in the past
With his persistent, near-obsessive approach to
making music still his driving force, Ewan began writing and
recording new material almost immediately after the release of his
acclaimed debut ‘Always Everlong’. Honing this new clutch of songs
almost relentlessly since, the resultant record, ‘Milk’, was
recorded, produced and performed almost exclusively from his Royale
Stag studio at home in Scotland. With additional bass parts added
by Andy McCafferty, the record was given its
final mix by friend and bandmate Ashley
Krajewski (of Apollo 440) and mastered
by Chris Pavey.
Thank you to Thom for setting up the interviews and
thank you to Dante and Ewan for being on the episode.