Over to Glasgow with The Snuts by way of the Quay sessions from June 12, 2024.
The Snuts formed in 2015, originating from West Lothian, Scotland. They have performed across the United Kingdom and Ireland. The band consists of Jack Cochrane (vocals and guitar), Joe McGillveray (guitar), Callum ’29’ Wilson (bass) and Jordan ‘Joko’ Mackay (drums) and was formed when the members were in school.
The band’s debut single, the demo “Glasgow” was described as a ‘stunning track with heaps of melody’ and quickly lead to an ever since growing fanbase. After releasing several other demo singles in 2016, the Snuts released the self-produced EP The Matador in June 2017.
The Snuts released their first ‘proper’ single, “Seasons” in June 2018, described as ‘conventional in a much-needed and refreshing way’, a ‘total throwback to the last renaissance of alternative music’ and ‘impeccably pieced together, designed to detonate on impact’. The following month, they then played at Scotland’s TRNSMT Festival at the King Tut’s Stage. In September, “Manhattan Project” was released, produced by Dave McCracken. In November 2018, the band signed with Parlophone Records. In March 2019, the band made their US debut at the South By South West festival in Austin, Texas, and their first single under Parlophone, “All Your Friends”, was released in May. It was produced by Inflo and was the first single from their second EP Mixtape. It was described as having “an irresistibly catchy raw edge and a massive chorus” and Cochrane explained that it was a “new twist on a familiar social stigma around the drug epidemic that nobody seems to want to talk about”.
In July 2021, the Snuts announced that they had already written their second album. In November, the first single, “Burn the Empire”, was released. Several other singles were released in 2022, including a collaboration with Rachel Chinouriri entitled “End of the Road”, and their album Burn the Empire was announced in June 2022 and released on 7 October 2022. However, in early September, following an online campaign by the band to make Parlophone release the album earlier, the release date was brought forward to 30 September. Burn the Empire peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart.
Following the release of Burn the Empire, the Snuts decided not to renew their contract with Parlophone. Instead, they decided to leave and set up their own label, Happy Artist Records, with distributor The Orchard. On leaving Parlophone, Cochrane said that “throughout the last campaign it was clear our vision as artists and that of the label, had drifted apart significantly” and that “The Orchard felt like a safe home we could transition to smoothly. It was clear from the offset they understood the core values of The Snuts and the community that comes with us”. The first release on their new label came in May 2023 with “Gloria”. In November, they announced their third album Millennials, released on 23 February 2024.
This session was recorded at BBC Scotland during The Snuts promotion of Millenials.
Crank up and enjoy:
