SONS AND DAUGHTERS - MIRROR MIRROR (LP + 7")

Sons And Daughters Mirror Mirror on LP + 7"+ Download Card

Records that instantly deliver greatness can often leave you wanting more, while others slowly but surely sink in its haunting hooks and refuse to let go, like Mirror Mirror, Sons & Daughters’ third album.

Bunkered down in their rehearsal space inside an old town hall in Glasgow’s south-west district of Govan, Adele Bethel (vocals, guitar, piano), Scott Paterson (vocals, guitar), Ailidh Lennon (bass, mandolin, piano) and David Gow (drums, percussion) had the task of following up the denser, busier guitar-rock of 2008’s Bernard Butler-produced This Gift.

Mirror Mirror is a very different beast to its predecessor. A slow burning sensation, a wiry, raw, sensual injection of primal monochrome rock, it is not only thrillingly contemporary but unique by 2011 standards.

The band reached back to their own past, namely 2006’s The Repulsion Box and the band’s 2004 mini-album debut Love The Cup for inspiration. As Scott Paterson observes, “We sound better when we’re more minimal. We wanted everything on the new album to be necessary, no added fluff, and only recording on 16-track.”

With this model in mind the band enlisted friend and fan Keith McIvor aka JD Twitch of local legends Optimo Music as producer. Mirror Mirror is his first full length album. The mood was further enhanced with mixing by Gareth Jones (Depeche Mode, These New Puritans).

Sons And Daughters Mirror Mirror Track Listing:

1.  Silver Spell
2.  The Model
3.  Breaking Fun
4.  Orion
5.  Don’t Look Now
6.  Ink Free
7.  Rose Red
8.  Axed Actor
9.  Bee Song
10. The Beach