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Our second album, The Midnight Organ Fight is out now.

Though the past year has seen Frightened Rabbit finally step into public view, with more extensive touring and some recordings now publicly available, the past few years have largely been about the band quietly, commitedly honing their sound, and cultivating their art. Now a three-piece comprising Scott, Billy and Grant, the origins of the band are rooted in 2003, when Scott began playing solo shows under the name Frightened Rabbit, mostly in support of fellow art-schoolers Shitdisco. Recordings were made on a tascam 4-track recorder, with Scott playing all the instruments (some more proficiently than others). Though looser, sparser, and certainly more lo-fi in terms of production values, their early demo's still attest to a burgeoning talent with a defined personality, and a now familiar penchant for being able to nail a near perfect pop song.

In 2004 Scott's brother Grant moved to Glasgow, contributing drums to certain recorded tracks, and playing live. Frightened Rabbit became louder and better. They burnt 50 copies of their subsequent demo, and sent some out to labels, resulting in three tracks being hosted on the FatCat MP3/demo website, and marking the beginning of a wonderful relationship. In 2006, Billy joined the band playing primarily second guitar, making Frightened Rabbit in the band's own words, a wee bit better and louder still. That February they went into The Diving Bell Lounge studio with Glasgow based producer Marcus Mackay to record some songs over the course of a week. The intention was to record a better quality demo, but the resultant recordings ended up as the bands debut LP 'Sing The Greys', of which 1000 copies were pressed and released that May on home grown label Hits The Fan.

An incredibly accomplished live outfit (seemingly without any effort whatsoever), further live dates followed into 2007, including a brief but succesful US jaunt, culminating in a sold-out show at The Mercury Lounge in NYC, before the album was even available in the US. After an intense spate of writing, rehearsing, recording, and remixing, and of course playing more live shows, 'Sings The Greys' was remastered by Alan Douches, and re-released in significantly revamped form by FatCat Autumn 2007, along with debut single 'Be Less Rude'. Rounding off the year with the incredible 'It's Christmas So We'll Stop' single, 2008 promises to be another busy one for Frightened Rabbit.

Following less than six months in tow of the aforementioned LP, 'Head Rolls Off' precedes the bands forthcoming album, 'Midnight Organ Fight', a progression in terms of songwriting, sonic depth, and as a fully realised entity. Recorded by Peter Katis (Mercury Rev, Interpol) over the space of two weeks, and mixed over the ensuing fortnight, 'Midnight Organ Fight' was conceived and realised in a much shorter time span than its predecessor, with the intention of creating a more coherent, 'pop' sounding album. Yet although musically more immediate, vitally, the band have not forsaken the personality or passion of any of their earlier recordings.

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On The Road With Frightened Rabbit

On The Road With Frightened Rabbit Pt 2

On The Road With Frightened Rabbit Pt 3

On The Road With Frightened Rabbit Pt 4

Frightened Rabbit Choir for It's Christmas So We'll Stop

Head Rolls Off music video

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• Grant - drums, vocals, marimba

• Scott - guitar, keyboards, vocals

• Billy - guitar, Yamaha, accordion

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  Sings the Greys