Quite simply....
The Edinburgh music scene has been bolstered in recent years by the folks who run some of the less mainstream musical events in the capital and by the tight knit community of artists regularly getting together to play in each other's bands and to put on shows. The most recent example of this was Retreat! During the madness of August in Edinburgh, the brains behind The Gentle Invasion, Tracer Trails and Hollow Heart Parlour gave a home to some of the city's finest bands. The line up included The Pictish Trail, Emily Scott, Wounded Knee, Meursault and My Kappa Roots among many others. Retreat! also hosted the launch party for the long awaited release by eagleowl. eagleowl are a lo-fi post folk trio who are just getting better each time I have had the pleasure of seeing them play. They "believe in doing things right, rather than doing things fast" and this is obvious with the release of their EP For The Thoughts You Never Had. The songs are quite simply beautiful, they