Sunny Day In Glasgow Ashes Grammar CD

2009 release. Opening with a 10 second homage to Estonian composer Arvo Part, it's immediately apparent that A Sunny Day in Glasgow's Ashes Grammar is going to be a much more visceral outing than their 2007 album debut, Scribble Mural Comic Journal. It takes a few minutes for the record to even begin to reveal itself, as a swarm of 1950s a-capella ('Secrets at the Prom') gives way to resonant drones, room noise, and sub bass ('Slaughter Killing Carnage'). It's here that 'Failure' unexpectedly kicks in with a tribal stomp and a fluttering guitar acting as a pair of wings, lifting the circular chants of the song's melody off the ground. It's all at once joyous, insecure, and blissed out and sounds nothing like we've heard from A Sunny Day in Glasgow before.

1. Magna for Annie, Josh, ; Robin 2. Secrets at the Prom 3. Slaughter Killing Carnage (The Meaning of Words) 4. Failure 5. Curse Words 6. Close Chorus 7. Shy 8. Lights 9. Passionate Introverts (Dinosaurs) 10. West Philly Vocoder 11. Evil, with Evil, Against Evil 12. The White Witch 13. Nitetime Rainbows 14. Canalfish 15. Loudly 16. Blood White 17. Ashes Grammar 18. Ashes Maths 19. Miss My Friends 20. Starting at a Disadvantage 21. Life's Great 22. Headphone Space