Glasgow’s Blush Club Release “A Hill To Die On” EP

Following on from two recent singles, the Glasgow-based Blush Club come out of the traps as lockdown lifts with their debut EP, A Hill To Die On. The EP captures feelings of discontent for modern life all filtered through a jaunty guitar pop lens, portraying huge addictive qualities as Hamish Swanson‘s attention grabbing, charismatic vocal delivery allows the sheer fun of this collection of tracks to be brought to the forefront. Recording started at guitarist Conor Heafey‘s home studio in the East End of Glasgow just before the first lockdown kicked into gear, this led to a painstakingly frustrating period completing the process, however what this has allowed is plenty of time for deliberation and attention to detail that has helped create an cohesive release that perfectly captures the band’s boisterous live sound.

Glasgow’s Blush Club were formed by Hamish Swanson, Conor Heafey and Cameron Gibb after meeting at a show one night at King Tut’s. Playing in bands, respectively The Vignettes, Josephine Sillars & The Manic Pixie Dreams and Conor Heafey & The Lovely Boys, they decided to start a new project drawing from their shared influences and tastes to create something more loosely related to bands such as Omni and Bodega. Bringing Craig Carrington-Porter and Phil Smith in on the project completed the raw and acrylic sound of Blush Club. The two singles from the EP, the up-beat, rebel against stability anthem, Supermarket Spree, and the chill, groove laden, unpredictable Age of Information have cemented the five-piece as ones to keep an eye on.

“A Hill to Die On was written shortly after we formed and completed the final line up with guitarist Phil at the end of 2019. We wrote the four tracks collaboratively in quick succession and by doing so I think we managed to capture a shared energy and mindset. The EP deals with the feelings of detachment and disenchantment with the sometimes mundane cycles of modern life, and the perhaps entitled and irrational urge to rebel against this supposed stability. In many ways, the EP is a response to a collective feeling of angst and malaise.”

A Hill To Die On is now available via streaming platforms and Bandcamp