My Latest Novel are a Scottish indie band, from

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. The band are signed to Bella Union records and released two albums.

Background

A five piece, (consisting of Chris Deveney, Gary Deveney, Paul McGeachy Laura McFarlane and Ryan King), My Latest Novel are from the small town of

, near

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. They augment the traditional rock line up of guitars, drums, bass and keyboards, with the use of violins, xylophones, samples and undulating percussion, as well as multi-part vocals. The band has toured the UK with Arab Strap, Low,

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and

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as well as opening for the

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at Meadowbank Stadium in

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. They have also toured the UK and mainland Europe, Australia and U.S independently. They are signed to the British record label Bella Union Records, and in the US with

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both of whom released their debut album ''Wolves'' in 2006. They released their second album, ''Deaths and Entrances'', on 18 May 2009 on Bella Union to much critical acclaim. My Latest Novel were working on their as yet untitled third album featuring songs with working titles such as "What's the Secret Eugene?", "This Afternoon I Died", "Good Bees/Strong Hives" and "The Weather Song", however the band have taken an extensive break. As of March 2010, Laura McFarlane and Paul McGeachy have left the band to pursue other projects. In 2013, remaining members Chris Deveney, Gary Deveney and Ryan King worked under the name Alphabetical Order Orchestra, and recorded tracks with Andy Miller (who they worked with to record Wolves and Deaths & Entrances). They released a four track EP called AOO1 in 2014.

Side projects

Laura McFarlane played violin for

The Twilight Sad The Twilight Sad are a Scottish post-punk/indie rock band, comprising James Graham (vocals), Andy MacFarlane (guitar), Johnny Docherty (bass), Brendan Smith (keyboards) and Grant Hutchison (drums). They have released five studio albums, as well ...

on their 2008 mini-album Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did, as well as their 2009 album

Forget the Night Ahead ''Forget the Night Ahead'' is the second studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Twilight Sad, released by FatCat Records on 22 September 2009 in the US, and on 5 October 2009 in the UK. The album was produced by guitarist Andy MacFarlane ...

. Chris Deveney sang lead vocals on the

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track "Last Living Hope" from their 2008 album ''Roar, Lion, Roar''.

Discography

Studio albums

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'' (2006) *'' Deaths & Entrances'' (2009)

Singles

* "Sister Sneaker Sister Soul" (2005) * "The Reputation of Ross Francis" (2006) * "When We Were Wolves / Pretty in a Panic" (2006)

References

External links

My Latest Novel's MySpace Page

Bella Union Records

My Latest Novel: Wolves
''MTV'' News Story, 2006 03 01
My Latest Novel article and interview, Scotland On Sunday, March 2006

French review of "Death & Entrances" by the cultural webzine Culturopoing
{{Authority control Scottish indie rock groups Bella Union artists