Description
Book Synopsis''Hungry Beat is the story of an all-too-brief era where the short-circuiting of that industry seemed viable. But hell, the times were luminous as was the music these artists made. The songs and many of the players remain, and here they tell their story and lick their wounds'' Ian Rankin
The immense cultural contribution made by two maverick Scottish independent music labels, Fast Product and Postcard, cannot be underestimated. Bob Last and Hilary Morrison in Edinburgh, followed by Alan Horne and Edwyn Collins in Glasgow helped to create a confidence in being Scottish that hitherto had not existed in pop music (or the arts in general in Scotland). Their fierce independent spirit stamped a mark of quality and intelligence on everything they achieved, as did their role in the emergence of regional independent labels and cultural agitators, such as Rough Trade, Factory and Zoo.
Hungry Beat is a definitive oral history of these labels and the Scottish
Trade Review
'An exuberant celebration of pure independent DIY attitude' * The Wire *
'Hungry Beat honours a cultural legacy which far transcends Scotland' * Mojo *
'A new book that captures the excitement and chaos of Scotland's independent pop underground movement' * The List *
'A very readable rewind and a restatement of why that moment still matters' * Herald *
