Under the Radar: The Painting
The new album from Glasgow-based sextet The Painting will appeal to fans of The 1975, Sam Fender and Fleetwood Mac, write Olaf Furniss and Derick Mackinnon
Consisting of brothers Ciaran and Jordan Murray plus Jonny Emerson, Marta Leslie, Lewis Taylor and Cameron Roxburgh, Glasgow-based sextet The Painting boasts members from Shetland, Oban, Clydebank and Glasgow.
Recorded and produced by Mark Morrow in Edinburgh, their excellent debut album Before The Rain was released last month and has already clocked-up over 15,000 streams on Spotify alone. For fans of The 1975, Sam Fender, Fleetwood Mac it’s a fantastic pop-rock record with catchy melodies, big choruses and girl/boy vocal harmonies.
Lead single Imprint secured support via BBC Introducing on BBC Radio Scotland thanks to Phoebe Inglis-Holmes and Stephanie Cheape, and the band have also been championed by John Kennedy on his X-Posure show on Radio X and on Amazing Radio.
They’ve just finished a tour including a show supporting Admiral Fallow and their next live gig is a headline show at Sneaky Pete’s in Edinburgh on 29 November. They’ve already got dates in Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham and London scheduled for early 2026 too, see https://linktr.ee/thepaintingofficial
Olaf Furniss and Derick Mackinnon run music industry seminar and social night Born To Be Wide, see www.borntobewide.co.uk
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