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Sluts of Trust are a two-piece rock outfit from
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, originally comprising John McFarlane (guitar, vocals) and Anthony O'Donnell (drums). O'Donnell was later replaced on drums by Roo Harris.


History


Early career

Sluts of Trust were formed in the summer of 2002 by John McFarlane and Anthony O'Donnell,"Proud to be so loud; Scots duo A hit at the hut", '' Evening Times'', 15 April 2005, p. 15 after a wild three-day party, which became known as the Pirate Weekend. McFarlane and O'Donnell had first met as teenagers at Scottish Youth Theatre's Summer Festival in 1995.Shepherd, Fiona (2004) "Leer Pressure Pays Off", ''
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'', 16 April 2004, p. 19 In the intervening years, both had begun aborted courses at
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respectively, and had enjoyed limited success with separate musical projects. O'Donnell in Crambo, and in a band with fellow SYT graduate and future ''Harry Potter'' actor
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, and McFarlane had released a solo recording entitled "Broken Alarm Clock" on the Glasgow
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NorthPark label compilation ''Unplugged'', which he also performed on the
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television programme ''The Beat Room''. Having recently disbanded his latest group Tungsten Crust, McFarlane had been writing songs for a change of direction. He invited O'Donnell to drum with him and very quickly they blended to create a dynamic new sound. The band had originally been envisaged as a trio, but stayed as a guitar/drums duo after their prospective bass player failed to turn up to their first rehearsal. After a few months rehearsing and fine-tuning McFarlane's original compositions, the duo were invited to open for up-and-coming Glasgow band Lapsus Linguae, by their friend Iain Campbell, for Lapsus' sold-out New Year's Eve gig at
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. As a warm-up for this the band played their first ever gig as Sluts of Trust on 17 December 2002 in Starka Bar, Motherwell. The gig at King Tut's was a huge success and was seen by established Glasgow rockers
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, then signed to
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Records, who brought the duo to the label's attention. More gigs followed, supporting The Hunches at Nice 'N' Sleazy and at Bannerman's in
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, where all four members of
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(the
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-nominated indie band who owned and ran Chemikal Underground Records) arrived. Sluts of Trust were signed to Chemikal the next week having played only four gigs.Pollock, David (2003) "SLUTS OF TRUST, Barfly, Glasgow, July 19", '' Sunday Mail'', 27 July 2003, p. 24 Following the band's first UK-wide tour, supporting label-mates Aereogramme, they retreated to Chemikal Underground's recording studios, Chem19 in
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to begin work on their debut album with Paul Savage of The Delgados as producer. In November however they took a short break from recording to perform at the
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festival at the Paradiso, Amsterdam alongside
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and The Darkness, before returning to the studio.


Singles and debut album

Sluts of Trust released their debut single "Piece O' You" on 21 November 2003, on limited edition 7-inch red vinyl. Llimited to 1000 pressings, the single sold out in a week. The b-side featured live favourite "Meanwhile In Rocksville". The single was championed by
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DJ John Peel and would feature at #16 in the end of year chart the
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,
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, retrieved 2010-07-03 The '' Evening Times'' called the single "an intense, uncompromising, blistering, screaming, passionate, furious sweat-drenched full-frontal aural assault". A low-budget video was made to accompany the release and was conceived and directed by actor Johnny Austin and filmmaker Gregor Mackay, both friends of the band from Scottish Youth Theatre. A pastiche of
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's '' Carrie'', it conveyed much of the theatre of early Sluts of Trust gigs, and alongside other members of the Scottish Youth Theatre it starred Sean Biggerstaff and Paul Kelly of
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. The video was premiered at the launch of the single in Glasgow's Barfly, and projected onto McFarlane's own bed-sheet before the band played that night. The video was later screened on MTV2. With their debut album nearing completion, in early 2004 Sluts of Trust travelled to the BBC's
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in
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to record a live session for John Peel's show on BBC Radio 1. Peel had become a huge fan of the group since hearing their debut single and some early demo recordings for their album and continued to champion the duo until his untimely death later that year. The band chose to record previously unreleased material from their forthcoming album. The session comprised original McFarlane compositions "The Greatest Gift", "That's Right, That Cat's Right" and "Tighter Than The Night".15 January 2004 - Sluts Of Trust
, ''Keeping It Peel'',
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, retrieved 2010-07-03 They also recorded a cover version of
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' " Psycho-Killer". The session was broadcast on 17 February 2004. Sluts of Trust played their first gig on
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soil in March 2004 at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin,
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, signing a US management deal with Management Music Division while they were there,Furniss, Olaf (2004)
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, '' Billboard'', 24 April 2004, p. 52, retrieved 2010-07-03 before embarking on a full-scale US tour with
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and
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. The band returned to tour the US again within months. Second single "Leave You Wanting More" was released in April 2004 to great acclaim, with British broadsheet ''
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'' making it their Single of the Week, and describing it as "a sexed-up blast of pounding riffs and art-punk breaks with an amazing amount of textures involved considering they're a mere two- piece".Perry, Tim (2004) "Single of the Week", ''
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'', 14 August 2004, p. 37 It was described in ''
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'' as "sounding simultaneously crazed and precision controlled". The CD single also included a new McFarlane composition "Crowd Pleaser" along with "Psycho-Killer" from the Peel session. Again an accompanying video was conceived and directed by Johnny Austin and Gregor Mackay. Seen as a companion piece to the "Piece O' You" video, this was filmed with the
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veterans of Glasgow's Royal Air Force Association club and at Glasgow's Museum of Transport, and was again shown on MTV2. The single would be placed at #5 in John Peel's posthumous final
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, retrieved 2010-07-03 Sluts of Trust released their debut album '' We Are All Sluts of Trust'' in Europe on 26 April and the US in May 2004 on Chemikal Underground Records, to positive reviews, but modest sales, selling up to 10,000 copies worldwide. The album was produced by Paul Savage of The Delgados (already known for producing albums by Mogwai and Aereogramme and later for producing
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's third album). In addition to the material the band had been playing live, the album contained a new song titled "Pirate Weekend". Something of a departure from the band's sleazy garage rock, the song featured lush and haunting overdubbed harmonies and would become a fan favourite. To support the album's release the duo quickly embarked on another UK tour. Following a UK tour, the band returned to the United States to promote the album there. The band had been invited to tour with burlesque dance group
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and played to large audiences across the USA."Scots Porn to be Wild!", '' News of the World'', 23 May 2004, p. 37 The ''NME'' published an extensive feature on the tour along with pictures from an exclusive photo-shoot of the band with members of Suicide Girls. During a break in the tour Sluts of Trust travelled to
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to play their own gigs at Amoeba Records, L.A Spaceland, and nightclub The Viper Room.


Second line-up

On the duo's return to the UK they immediately began touring the country once again, however in November 2004, tired of the relentless touring, drummer Anthony O'Donnell left the band to concentrate on his writing career in theatre and television. McFarlane moved swiftly to recruit Roo Harris as his replacement.Fulton, Rick (2005) "Razz rocks: TODAY EDINBURGH TOMORROW THE WORLD; Sluts of Trust duo launch Olum's bid to be Europe's hip club", '' Daily Record'', 5 August 2005, p. 42 The pair began rehearsing the material from the band's debut album, along with some new McFarlane originals in early 2005. The new line-up of Sluts of Trust played their first official gig at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas in March 2005.Lyons, Beverly & Bennett, Cath (2005) "The Razz: 10 Scots", '' Daily Record'', 18 March 2005 It was here that they were introduced to an up-and-coming new London band called
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. Already fans of the Sluts' debut album, Bloc Party would prove to be great allies to the band as their own star began to rise. As well as effusing on their love of Sluts of Trust in many interviews, Bloc Party's Gordon Moakes was seen to wear a Sluts of Trust T-shirt when the band played
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, and on the front cover of the ''
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''. Bloc Party would also invite Sluts of Trust to support them on a European tour later that year. In the summer of 2005 Sluts of Trust unveiled their new line-up to the UK at a series of festival appearances. The band played at
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, Musicworks, T on the Fringe and fittingly John Peel Day."The Razz: T in the Park special: SATURDAY JULY 9 WHAT'S ON", '' Daily Record'', 8 July 2005Sloan, Billy (2005) "Tut's honour Peel", '' Sunday Mail'', 25 September 2005, p. 27 Their appearance as part of the
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featured the Suicide Girls. In September 2005 Sluts of Trust went back to the studio to record an EP of new material under the supervision of producer Rico. At least three tracks were recorded, "Hit The Game", "Overcome By Wonder" and "Luvvin' of Love". An exclusive video for "Hit The Game" was shot by the
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for their television programme ''The Music Show'' and aired following the year, but plans to release the EP were scrapped by McFarlane who was not happy with the material and there has yet to be an official release. In November 2005 Sluts of Trust embarked on a European tour in support of Bloc Party, playing large arena venues across Spain and Italy. In January 2006 Sluts of Trust were invited to record a track featuring the work of Scottish poet Robert Burns for BBC Radio's ''One World'' Burns Night Special. McFarlane composed a new track using the Burns poem " Why Should We Idly Waste Our Prime" The session was broadcast on Burns Night World Supper Special on BBC Radio 1. In the summer of 2006, BBC1's music television programme ''The Music Show'' aired an exclusive video for new Sluts of Trust song "Hit The Game". The video saw McFarlane and Harris perform the song in a bowling alley. The song has never been given an official release. Later in the summer of 2006 Chemikal Underground Records released a compilation compact disc and DVD of some of the highlights of the label's history entitled CHEM087 CD + DVD. The CD included Sluts of Trust debut single "Piece O' You", alongside tracks from The Delgados, Mogwai,
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. The DVD included the videos for singles "Piece O' You" and "Leave You Wanting More" with an audio commentary from McFarlane and co-director Johnny Austin. To launch the release both videos were screened at Glasgow's Centre for Contemporary Arts.


Recent Appearances

Since 2007 Sluts of Trust have been seen little. John McFarlane has made a few low-key solo acoustic appearances, performing only entirely new material and is said to be working on a new album.Pollock, David (2008)
Exposure: John McFarlane
, '' The List'', 19 December 2008, retrieved 2010-07-03 In early 2008 at a low-key solo gig where he played a full set of new material he announced his intention to return with a new Sluts of Trust album later in the year.


Musical style

The band were described by ''
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'' as "a seedy 1970s porn baron and his silent but violent henchman playing gutter-trawling, kerb-crawling blues punk with skyscraping vocals and a predilection for the occasional Eddie Van Halen guitar 'lick'", also being described as "testosterone-fuelled bluesy punk". Craig McLean of the '' Daily Telegraph'' described the band's music as "garagey-blues".McLean, Craig (2004) "Anyone for some laptop folk? ARTWAVE: It's a fertile time for popular music in Britain. From Croydon to Merseyside, a bewildering number of new scenes are bubbling to the surface. Our critics pick the five most exciting sights on the pop horizon", '' Daily Telegraph'', 17 January 2004 The band have been called "a Scots
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", but with "much more hidden menace", with songs described as "a mix of Led Zeppelin and 90s American indie",Pollock, David (2004) "Mailmusic: SLUTS OF TRUST Venue, Edinburgh, August 9", '' Sunday Mail'', 15 August 2004 with their style described as "scuzzy experimental rock", a "garage metal cacophony",Shepherd, Fiona (2005) "Reviews: T IN THE PARK Something for everyone at T", ''
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'', 12 July 2005, p. 35 "aggroglam",Davidson, Vicky (2005) "TARTAN INVASION The Scots acts who'll make an impression at the Festival", '' Evening Times'', 7 July 2005, p. 7 and "sleaze-rock" comprising "manic rigging, high-speed drumming and porno lyrics".Perry, Tim (2003) "POP: THE FIVE BEST GIGS", ''
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'', 27 December 2003, p. 35 Andrew Eaton of ''
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'' described them as a combination of "the rock'n'roll basics of the White Stripes with the showy excess of The Darkness".Eaton, Andrew (2003) "You need Franz ...", ''
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'', 31 December 2003, p. 11


Discography

* "Piece O' You" / "Meanwhile In Rocksville" (double A-side single), 21 November 2003,
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* "Leave You Wanting More" (single), 5 April 2004, Chemikal Underground * '' We Are All Sluts of Trust'' (album), 26 April 2004, Chemikal Underground


References

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