Appendix Out was a Scottish indie post rock/indie folk band founded in 1994 by Alasdair Roberts with school friends Dave Elcock and Kenny McBride who started out playing small venues. Roberts was also a classmate of Ladytron's Helen Marnie. While attending a Will Oldham concert in 1995, he offered a demo tape to the American singer, and a contract with US label Drag City soon followed. The band's first release was a double A-side single, "Pissed With You/Ice Age", and the band released its first album around a year later.
Between 1997 and 2001, Appendix Out released three albums, two EPs and some limited-edition recordings that were never widely distributed. The line up of the band changed frequently, with Roberts the only constant member.
Links to Peel[]
Peel first discovered the group in 1997 and played further material from them including a session they recorded in 2001. Between March and April 2002, Peel nominated their EP, A Warm And Yeasty Corner, as one of his records of the month for March 2002 / April 2002 (Peel's Record Box).
Their material included cover versions of songs by Ewan MacColl ("The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face") and the Incredible String Band (Mike Heron's "A Very Cellular Song") as well as traditional songs. Alasdair Roberts later made his name as a solo artist, mixing traditional Scottish songs with material of his own written in a similar style.
Sessions[]
Appendix Out - Peel Session 2001
1. Recorded: 2001-06-12. First Broadcast: 28 June 2001
- Frozen Blight / Cyclone / I Went Hunting / Ice Age
Other Shows Played[]
- 1997
- 21 August 1997: Well Lit Tonight (split 7" with Leopards - Singles Club #4: Cutting A Short Dog / Well Lit Tonight) Creeping Bent BENT027
- 27 August 1997: Well Lit Tonight (split 7" with Leopards - Singles Club #4: Cutting A Short Dog / Well Lit Tonight) Creeping Bent BENT027
- 28 August 1997 (Radio Eins): Well Lit Tonight (split 7" with Leopards - Singles Club #4: Cutting A Short Dog / Well Lit Tonight) Creeping Bent BENT027
- 1998
- 23 July 1998: Lassie, Lie Near Me (shared 7” with Policecat) Creeping Bent
- 1999
- 05 September 1999 (BFBS): 'Foundling (CD-Daylight Saving)' (Drag City)
- 09 September 1999: Foundling (LP – Daylight Saving) Drag City
- 09 September 1999 (Radio Eins): Tangled Hair (LP – Daylight Saving) Drag City
- 16 September 1999 (Radio Eins): Row Upstream (LP - Daylight Saving) Drag City
- 2000
- 16 March 2000 (Radio Eins): Organise A March (v/a CD - The Carve-up) Loose
- March 2000 (FSK): Organise A March (v/a CD - The Carve-up) Loose
- 2001
- 28 March 2001: The Seven Widows (The Sprigs Of Night) (Dragcity)
- 05 April 2001 (Radio Eins): Organise A March
- 18 April 2001: The Groves Of Lebanon (LP – The Night Is Advancing) Drag City
- 02 May 2001: 'Cyclone's Vernal Retreat (LP-The Night Is Advancing)' (Dragcity)
- 2002
- 09 April 2002: First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (EP – A Warm And Yeasty Corner) Shingle Street
- 24 April 2002: A Very Cellular Song (EP – A Warm And Yeasty Corner) Shingle Street
- 09 May 2002 (Radio Eins): A Very Cellular Song (EP - A Warm & Yeasty Corner) Shingle Street
- 2003
- 12 March 2003: Frontwards (Album, Comp.: Everything Is Ending Here: A Tribute To Pavement) Homesleep
- March 2003 (FSK): Frontwards (v/a CD - Everything Is Ending Here: A Tribute To Pavement) Homesleep