This has been coming for some time. Glasgow's Spinning Coin have been making small splashes on the British indie scene with their releases over the past couple of years. They slot unashamedly into a particular tradition, going back most obviously to the Postcard Scene of the early eighties.
While there's no 'shock of the new' factor with anyone putting out records that sound like this in 2017, there are enough people out there who love this stuff most of all to ensure that Spinning Coin have a ready-made and highly receptive audience who will be highly delighted by the release of their first album Permo. Fans of Orange Juice, Josef K, Fire Engines, The Pastels, The Vaselines and Teenage Fanclub, form an orderly queue.
So fourteen songs in all. That's great. Two different songwriters and three different singers ensure variety and a shifting pallet. Produced by Edwyn Collins, engineered by Davy Henderson and released on Stephen Pastel's Geographic record label. You can't fault their credentials. The record strikes me as a slow burner, one that initially seems like a set of distinct songs that don't immediately gel but require persistent listening over a number of months before they fall into place and you realise that you've chanced upon a modern classic just like they used to make back in the day!
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