''The Eleventh Hour'' is the debut studio album by Scottish

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band

The Birthday Suit The Birthday Suit is a Scottish indie rock band from Edinburgh, formed in 2011 by Idlewild guitarist Rod Jones. Alongside Jones, the band's line-up includes Jacqueline Irvine, David Jack, Steve Morrison, Séan McLaughlin and Catrin Pryce-Jone ...

, released on 11 November 2011 on Sing it Alone Records.

Background

In 2010 Idlewild entered an indefinite hiatus and so guitarist and backing vocalist

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subsequently formed

in 2011 after writing material for his second album, Jones noted:

I started making a second solo record, then got sick of it. I began writing a set of completely new songs which turned out to have more of an
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sound, and it felt more like band material than solo stuff. Even though I wrote it by myself at home, it wouldn’t have been right to record it alone, so I got a small band together. The name of The Birthday Suit was sort of an in-joke that stuck.

They signed to Sing it Alone and released their debut single "Do You Ever?" as a free download, and in November 2011 they released ''The Eleventh Hour'' and followed its release with multiple performances in

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and

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during the next year. The band performed at

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and

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, and began working on a follow-up album.

Track listing

Personnel

*Jacqueline Irvine *David Jack *Steve Morrison *Séan McLaughlin *Catrin Pryce-Jones

References

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