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Butcher Boy are an indie pop band from Glasgow, Scotland. Formed in 1998, they released their album ''Profit In Your Poetry'' in 2007. Their second album, released on 13 April 2009, is entitled ''React or Die''.〔(Band biography on HDIF website ) 〕 ==History== The band was formed in 1998 by lead singer and songwriter John Blain Hunt 〔 (well known in the Scott Glasgow indie music scene as the organiser of club night National Pop League).〔''Profit In Your Poetry'' review, ''Uncut'', April 2007〕 Hunt had previously used ‘Butcher Boy’ as a pen name when submitting poetry to newspapers.〔''Profit In Your Poetry'' review, ''The Metro'', 12 March 2007〕 The band has its roots in Ayrshire (where Hunt grew up) but is now Glasgow-based. The core band has been augmented by string and brass musicians for live performances and recordings. On record, they first appeared in August 2006 on the HDIF label’s compilation ''The Kids at the Club'' with their song ''Days Like This Will Be The Death Of Me'', described as “wonderful” (though “Smiths-indebted”) by the Guardian.〔"The F&M playlist", ''The Guardian'', 11 August 2006〕 Their first album, ''Profit In Your Poetry'', was released in April 2007 (having been preceded by download-only single, ''Girls Make Me Sick'') and attracted overwhelmingly positive reviews, described as “flipping from string-skirling kitchen sink dramas to Motown bluster”,〔 “a promising debut”,〔(''Profit In Your Poetry'' review ), ''The Guardian'', 9 March 2007〕 and having “an instant and addictive charm that even Mozzer would be proud of”.〔''Profit In Your Poetry'' review, ''The Skinny'', March 2007〕 Reviewers detected influences such as the Tindersticks, Felt, Love, Belle & Sebastian, and The Chameleons.〔〔〔〔 The band released an EP, ''The Eighteenth Emergency'', in September 2007, to tie in with several live dates in Glasgow and a short tour of England.〔("Cafe Cultured" ), ''The List'', 6 September 2007〕 In May 2008 the track ''I Know Who You Could Be'' from ''Profit In Your Poetry'', was used in the US TV drama series ''Moonlight''. The song can be heard during the final scene of episode 14, which was edited so that the song could be used in its entirety.〔"Butcher Boy's Moonlight Sonata", ''The News of the World'', 25 May 2008〕 Their second album, ''React or Die'', was released on 13 April 2009, preceded by a single from the album, ''A Better Ghost''. The band have made a video for the single, filmed in part at the Britannia Panopticon Music Hall in Glasgow.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Butcher Boy (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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