TeenCanteen - This Is How It Starts (The Early Recordings) (Late Night From Glasgow) Ltd Col LP

Rare recordings featuring Carla J Easton and friends with guests Duglas T Stewart (BMX Bandits) and Eugene Kelly (Vaselines). This album was shelved and never saw the light of day but now, for the first time ever, these recordings are re-mastered and on vinyl. In 2011, Carla J Easton nished her MFA at Glasgow School of Art armed with a batch of newly written songs and wanted to start a band - calling on long-time collaborator Sita Pieraccini and childhood friend Debs Smith, at rehearsals ensued and a rst gig was booked at The Arches in Glasgow.

Aptly, the night they would debut as TeenCanteen was called The Love Club. Not long after, Emma Kullander would join the ranks and the 4 headlined Henry's Cellar Bar in Edinburgh. Through word of mouth, the place was packed. With only 5 songs to their name, a tentative version of All The Lovers by Kylie Minogue was thrown in as a last minute encore before the band delved into replaying their song Friends.

Duglas, joining TeenCanteen on a heart rendering duet for the song Under My Cover, and Eugene, providing a blistering electric guitar solo on You're So Analog. Hearing themselves on record for the first time, and with Easton's repertoire for songs growing more, they quickly returned to the studio for another weekend. Recording the songs Atlas, Fireworks (which would go on to be covered by BMX Bandits on their album BMX Bandits in Space), It could Be Beautiful and One More Night, TeenCanteen were ready to release into the world with an album's world of recorded material.

This is the sound of four friends making music together, learning as they go. At its core are the luscious three- part harmonies TeenCanteen would go on to develop further and be known for. It's not perfect. It's not polished. It's the sound of something new.

FORMAT: White vinyl

Late Night From Glasgow  LNFGH15