In a couple of weeks, TENEMENT TRAIL returns to Glasgow’s East End with a line-up packed with burgeoning talent. Headlined by local heroes Baby Strange and Brogeal, the festival will host over 50 bands, from the local scene and further afield, who will all be looking to follow in their footsteps and make their mark on TRAIL’s storied history.
One such band is Fatale, who recently unveiled their debut EP ‘St Mungo’ – exclusively available on vinyl. The five-piece played their fourth ever show at TRAIL last year, and have since gone from strength to strength, tearing up venues like King Tuts, The Poetry Club and McChuills and amassing a strong word-of-mouth following. Their sound is all power pop hooks, charged, reverberating guitars and raw, unfiltered energy – channelling 70s New York bands like Velvet Underground and Scottish indie greats like Teenage Fanclub, Primal Scream and more.
With a very bright future ahead, they return to TENEMENT TRAIL this year with more confidence and swagger than before – and we can’t wait to see them make their mark.
Before the big day, we caught up with them to chat influences, origin stories, the EP and more.
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Tell us the story of the band?
Ben and Euan are cousins, but we all went to the same school. We just wanted to make records that we’d want to listen to, and play shows that, if we’d been in the crowd, we’d have come away a fan. We played Tenement Trail last year, our fourth gig, and it was one of the first times we felt like a proper band.
Name your three biggest influences?
Glasgow, George Best, choruses
Why should people come to see you at TENEMENT TRAIL?
We’re loud, fast, and heavy, but beneath all that we’re a pop band. We’re playing music you can lose yourself to for half an hour.
Three words to describe TENEMENT TRAIL?
Multi-venue festival
One act you’re desperate to see on the day?
If Ferguson HI-FI, or The Paris Match are clashing, we’ll be dejected.
Highlight of your year so far?
It’s got to be releasing Saint Mungo exclusively on vinyl. When we first got the boxes full of the records, it was like the posty was the three wise men rolled into one. To see something we wrote, played, and designed in a physical form left a feeling you’d chase for the rest of your life.
What’s the best thing about the Glasgow music scene?
Glasgow’s seriously punched above its weight for indie-pop music for a while, but I think you’re really seeing a great scene coming through right now that’s putting the focus back onto the basics and bringing with it some proper music.
What’s your biggest ambition for the band?
Have a pub in Uddy named after the band.
