Sons and Daughters were a Scottish
rock
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band from
Glasgow, Scotland, in existence from 2001 to 2012.
Biography
Conceived while on tour with
Arab Strap in 2001, Sons and Daughters was initially Adele Bethel's creation. The band's line-up at first comprised Bethel, David Gow and Ailidh Lennon, and the band began
recording.
After the later addition of Scott Paterson as a second
vocalist, the band played a number of successful
concerts. Their debut release, the twenty five minutes-long ''
Love the Cup'' was financed by the band and initially released on
Ba Da Bing Records
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label in 2003, and later re-released when Sons and Daughters signed to
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in 2004.
Their second
album, ''
The Repulsion Box'' was released in June 2005. In February 2006 the band were invited to
tour with
Morrissey
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on the first leg of his
UK tour. Their third album, ''
This Gift'',
produced
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by
Bernard Butler, was released on 28 January 2008.
After a few years of relative inactivity the band released a free download, "Silver Spell", accompanied by a trailer for their new album, ''Mirror Mirror'', which was released on 13 June 2011.
On 2 November 2012, the band announced that they would no longer continue as a band bringing an end to 11 years of their career.
Band members
*Adele Bethel - Vocals,
guitar,
piano
*David Gow -
Drums
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,
percussion
*Ailidh Lennon -
Bass
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,
mandolin
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, piano
*Scott Paterson - Vocals, guitar
;Touring
*Graeme Smilie - Bass (touring bassist while Lennon was on maternity leave, 2008)
Discography
Albums
* 2003: ''Love the Cup'' (re-issued in 2004)
* 2005: ''
The Repulsion Box'' –
UK: No. 70
* 2008: ''
This Gift'' – UK: No. 66
* 2011: ''Mirror Mirror'' – UK: No. 200
Singles
References
External links
Archive of official website from 2014
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Musical groups from Glasgow
Musical groups established in 2001
Musical groups disestablished in 2012
Scottish indie rock groups