Monica Queen is a singer from

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who has collaborated with

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(e.g., on ''Lazy Line Painter Jane'' from the Lazy Line Painter Jane EP), Chris Coco, James Grant and Jim White, among others. She is listed on the

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artists page as a contributing artist to their ''Chamber Music'' album, a 36-part tribute to

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's ''Chamber Music''. She works with Johnny Smillie, with whom she co-founded Thrum, who were part of the indie scene in Glasgow in the 1990s. Thrum signed to

(home of

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and

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), and released several records between 1990 and 1997. After Thrum broke up she left the music business, but returned after Stuart Murdoch from Belle & Sebastian asked her to sing with them. She returned under her name, working with Thrum's Johnny Smillie and released ''Ten Sorrowful Mysteries'' and ''Return of the Sacred Heart'' as Monica Queen. She sang "

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" with

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at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow on 12 June 2010.

Discography

*''Ten Sorrowful Mysteries'' - Creeping Bent *''Return of the Sacred Heart'' (2005) - Vertical

References

External links

Monica Queen's MySpace Page

An interview by Cuckoos (B&S Fansite)
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''Thrum''
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