Hamish Hawk - Heavy ElevatorHamish Hawk is an Edinburgh based songwriter. Performing solo and as frontman of the New Outfit, Hawk's ability to surprise, enchant and bewilder has secured his status as one of the more endearing figures on the Scottish contemporary music scene. His songwriting offers a blend of wit, charm and sensitivity that is unique and unmistakable. Hawk has provided support for King Creosote, This is the Kit, Idlewild, James Yorkston and Out Lines Dinked

Originally released 1980

Guests are Mick Talbot on keyboards and Steve Weston on harmonica

' Catharsis is achieved through lines of guitar

When he made his solo debut in 1970

It was recorded at Hyde Street in San Francisco

Those were the years when music first really came at me like a sickness

STONECHILD

The band released their debut long-player A Laughing Death in Meatspace on Joyful Noise Recordings in 2018

The Windows Of The World ‰ÛÒ Dionne Warwick

New 24 bit/ 96 kHz taken from the original master tapes

Alan Cook’s sublime pedal steel guitar is omnipresent throughout the album

but make no mistake‰ÛÓitåÊtakes serious talent as well as balls to pull this off