Glasvegas

Glasvegas came out of Glasgow, and their self-titled debut, released in September 2008, sounded like a whole city belting out its sorrows through a wall of reverb. James Allan sings, Rab Allan plays lead guitar and Paul Donoghue holds down the bass; Caroline McKay was on drums in the early days, and Swedish drummer Jonna Löfgren took over the stool in 2010.

That first album went platinum, reached No. 2 in the UK, drew a Mercury Prize nomination and kept selling in North America and Sweden. "Geraldine" is its big-hearted centerpiece, a surging, echo-drenched anthem that James Allan sings as if his life depends on it. Less than three months later they were back with A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like a Kiss), a six-track Christmas mini-album recorded in Transylvania, of all places.

Euphoric Heartbreak followed in 2011, made in a beach house in Santa Monica. It hit No. 10 at home and No. 1 in Sweden, but the reviews were mixed, the sales slipped and the band and Sony went their separate ways. They signed with BMG in 2013 for Later...When the TV Turns to Static, and 2021's Godspeed arrived on their own label, Go Wow Records.

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