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Constant Follower & GNAC
Constant Follower is the band formed around Scottish songwriter Stephen McAll. Their debut album for legendary New York indie label Shimmy Disc was shortlisted for the 2022 Scottish Album of the Year Award (SAY) and found its way onto the top of multiple Best Albums of 2021 lists, leading to a string of notable performances including Austins SXSW 2022 and SXSW 2023, and a spellbinding set from the crown of Scotlands National Wallace Monument.
In April 2023 Constant Follower released a collaborative album with renowned folk guitarist Scott William Urquhart. This exceptional work, released on McAll's own Golden Hum Recordings label, has garnered widespread critical acclaim and has been longlisted for the 2023 SAY Award. Described as "an enchanting, deeply absorbing, and meditative album" (Folk Radio) it showcases the musical affinity and unique talents of these two Scottish songwriters and musicians.
A gorgeous listen, full of bucolic melody and personal revelation, an album unafraid to speak its truth. CLASH Magazine
Instantly compelling, memorable and moving Folk Radio UK
Neither is, nor ever was is a gentle, understated, fully formed and utterly beguiling collection. The Scotsman
An intimate and raw collection of songwriting, borne from small, personal moments and orchestrated into stirring layered beauty. Under The Radar
"Gorgeous atmospheric Folk" KEXP
The debut album from Constant Follower, Neither Is, Nor Ever Was, is solitary, forlorn, and wild and in all the best ways possible. SNACK Magazine
A gorgeous struggle, deeply human and complex and ground in McAlls reckoning with vivid moments that seem to carry lifetimes within them." The Austin Chronicle
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A musical project by Mark Tranmer: mostly instrumental. GNAC have played live in Seville, Barcelona, Manchester & London. GNAC music has been used on TV - e.g. BBC documentaries on David Hockney, & on John le Carré.
Mark Tranmer was a member of The Montgolfier Brothers, who recorded for Alan McGee's post Creation label, Poptones - and for Vespertine Records. The Montgolfier Brothers played live extensively in Europe and Japan.
Mark Tranmer is in Vetchinsky Settings with James Hackett of Glasgow band The Orchids. Tranmer has worked with Rome-basesd classical pianist, Alessandra Celletti - recording an album in Rome ; as well as working with Ian Masters, formerly of Pale Saints, in a project called "Wingdisk" recording in Osaka.
"Tranmer's Music has been one of the soundtracks to my life for many years now, not least during the writing of my new novel. I love the way his supple, original music can either soothe you in the background or absorb you in the foreground" - Jonathan Coe, author of The Rotters' Club, Middle England, & Bournville.
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2a Forthside Way
Stirling FK8 1QZ
United Kingdom
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Fully wheelchair accessible. Accessible toilet.
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