The Pearlfishers are a Scottish,

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-based rock band, fronted by the singer and songwriter

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, who have been described by acclaim.ca as "one of Scotland's best-kept musical secrets". Other contributors include drummer Jim Gash, Dee Bahl, Brian McAlpine, Mil Stricevic and Duglas T. Stewart, also of the BMX Bandits. The band's 2007 album, ''Up With the Larks'', was named one of the top albums of 2007 by the '' Sunday Mail'' music critic, Billy Sloan. and their 2014 release "Open Up your Colouring Book" drew favourable comparisonsKeith Bruc

"Herald Scotland", 2 May 2014 to the work of Paul Simon and the Beach Boys.

Selected discography

* ''Sacred'' EP (My Dark Star, 1991) * ''Hurt'' EP (My Dark Star, 1991) * ''Woodenwire'' EP (My Dark Star, 1991) * ''Saint Francis Songs'' EP (Iona Gold, 1993) * ''Za Za's Garden'' (Iona Gold, 1993) * ''Living in a Foreign Country'' EP (Iona Gold, 1994) * ''The Strange Underworld of the Tall Poppies'' (Marina, 1997) * ''Even on a Sunday Afternoon'' EP (Marina, 1997) * ''Banana Sandwich'' EP (Marina, 1998) * ''The Young Picnickers'' (Marina, 1999) * ''Across The Milky Way'' (Marina, 2001) * ''Sky Meadows'' (Marina, 2003) * ''A Sunflower at Christmas'' EP (Marina, 2004) * ''Up with the Larks'' (Marina, 2007) * ''The Umbrellas of Shibuya'' 7" vinyl single (Marina, 2007) * ''Open Up Your Colouring Book'' (Marina, 2014) * ''Love and Other Hopeless Things'' (Marina, 2019)

References

External links

Pearlfishers official website
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