With Welsh-born Elia as the ringleader, The
Scotland Yard Gospel Choir is a free-spirited
collective of musical visionaries who turn out
exuberant and rough-hewn chamber pop. Over 50
musicians appear on the band's Bloodshot debut
The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, including core
players Ellen O’Hayer (the band’s cellist and
vocalist who moonlights in Bright Eyes’ touring
band,) bassist and recording engineer Mark
Yoshizumi, drummer Jay Santana, violin player
Ethan Adelsman and Sam Johnson of Mucca Pazza
and Head of Femur on trumpet. The extended
Scotland Yard family is comprised of a who’s-who
of the Chicago underground music community,
boasting the likes of Sally Timms, Nora O’Connor
and Kelly Hogan, who sing backup on the album,
and Nate Walcott (Bright Eyes, Rilo Kiley), Matt
Priest and Megan O’Conner (Canasta), and Brett
Whitacre (Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers.)
In a few short years, The Scotland Yard Gospel
Choir has become one of the Chicago indie music
scene’s best-kept secrets, with Chicago
Sun-Times critic Jim DeRogatis opining upon
“Jennie That Cries”, the single from the band’s
debut i bet you say that to all the boys,
“[it’s] a beautiful, lulling single, with
special emphasis on the gorgeous vocals.” The
band’s music has served as a backdrop to many
television shows, including The OC, What About
Brian and the movie Special, and their
self-released debut received attention from Time
Out NY, Billboard, and Popmatters.
Visit their website at:
http://sygc.com/fr_home.cfm |
