Extract below… Are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin. This is a tale that spans 12 years, of punkish rebels, too much eye liner and some great faces from what would become Scottish music’s “Rock Royalty”. This is a… Read More ›
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Big Gold Dream – Pitchfork Q+A- December 2014
https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/616-qa-the-sound-of-young-scotland-doc-director-grant-mcphee/ (c) Marc Hogan / Pitchfork 2014 Extract below… Scotland was late to receive the punk gospel, but once it got hold, England’s northern neighbor clung tightly to the do-it-yourself mindset. Independent labels such as Edinburgh’s Fast Product in the… Read More ›
BIG GOLD DREAM in ‘The National’ – 2nd April 2015
https://www.thenational.scot/news/14849072.post-punk-postcards-from-indie-pendent-scotland-documentary-charts-an-era-that-changed-music/ “Post-punk postcards from indie-pendent Scotland: Documentary charts an era that changed music” (c) The NATIONAL…EXCERPT BELOW: AN AMBITIOUS feature-length documentary is about to lay bare the rise of Scotland’s post-punk/indie music scene. The Sound Of Young Scotland will debut… Read More ›
Big Gold Dreams Box Set Essay
From the Cherry Red Big Gold Dreams Box Set “We were like explorers.” That was the succinct phrase used by Bob Last when describing to me his nascent adventure running Fast Product. The word ‘explore’ is synonymous with… Read More ›
The Sound of Young Scotland Project 