Frightened Rabbit

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Frightened Rabbit performs Backyard Skulls in Derry-Londonderry for Radio 1's Big Weekend

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Frightened Rabbit is a Scottish indie rock band from Selkirk, formed in 2003. The lineup consists of lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and lyricist Scott Hutchison, guitarist and bassist Billy Kennedy, guitarist Andy Monaghan, drummer Grant Hutchison and guitarist and keyboardist Gordon Skene. Since 2004 the band has been based in Glasgow.

The band released its debut album, Sing the Greys (2006), on independent label, Hits the Fan, before signing to Fat Cat Records in 2007. In 2008, the band released its second studio album, The Midnight Organ Fight, to critical acclaim. The band's third studio album, The Winter of Mixed Drinks, was released in 2010, with the band signing to Atlantic Records later that year. A fourth studio album, Pedestrian Verse, was released in February 2013.

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  1. Pedestrian Verse 2013

    Review of Pedestrian Verse

    Reviewed by Jude Clarke

    Tales that hone in on the personal to enthralling and humanising effect.

  2. The Winter of Mixed Drinks 2010

    Review of The Winter of Mixed Drinks

    Reviewed by Laura Barton

    The band’s scruffy-hearted charm still lies just below the surface.

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