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Out: 31st March, 2023 to download/stream
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Belfast-born, Edinburgh-based Locked Hands is the DIY Pop mission of Sean Ormsby (whose previous and current form includes Night Noise Team, Blue Tiles and Errant Boy).
Call it: a rhythmically driven and layered collision of melody, samples and whatever instruments were to hand
Call it: ‘fantastic’ (Scots Whay Hae blog), ‘sublime’ (Is This Music? Blog), ‘beautiful and haunting’ (The Barley Boat blog), ‘always compelling’ (When You Motor Away blog)
Don’t call it: a lockdown album.
Title: The Fort Rhythm Section was conceived and executed on the redeveloped site of the former Fort House, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland where Irvine Welsh’s novels Trainspotting and Skagboys are partly set. He describes two of the characters, an aspiring drummer and bassist, as The Fort Rhythm Section.
Locked Hands: both hands playing the same chord shapes on a piano; comfort; restraint; community;
Some tracks like Ghost Signs of Leith and The Getting By overtly reflect a strong sense of place, others in more obtuse ways. Another theme touched on in Still I Burn and Endless Dream is the joy and frustration of the urge to create and share. A healthy compulsion and touchstone of DIY culture.
The album signs off with Lodged’s plaintive, celebratory incantation and an extended, New York 1980 12 inch style version of recent single Into The Puzzle (Shortcut). This one takes the scenic route around the dancefloor.
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Thanks for reading and listening x
The Label:
Sean also co-founded and developed Errant Media an independent label and home to Errant Boy, Stephen McLaren, Blue Tiles and Locked Hands. Releases have been supported by Creative Scotland, Steve Lamacq at BB6 Music, BBC Introducing Scotland, BBC Radio Scotland’s Vic Galloway Show, Jim Gellatly, blogs like Song, By Toad, Scottish Fiction, Faronheit, When You Motor Away, Penny Black, Jammerzine, Is This Music? and Scots Whay Hae as well as UK and international podcasters and print media like The Scotsman, The Herald, The Skinny, The List and The National.
