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The Winter of Mixed Drinks
ReleaseProduct
The Winter of Mixed Drinks
Artist
Frightened Rabbit
Label
FatCat Records
Catalogue Number
FATDA84
Release Date
March 1, 2010

Produced by Peter Katis at Tarquin Studios in Connecticut, and engineered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios in Scotland, the album also boasts stunning string arrangements from then-labelmate, Teutonic ivory-botherer, Hauschka.

The anthemic lead single ‘Swim Until You Can’t See Land’ saw the band get their first play by Zane Lowe and drew critical acclaim with NME, Q, News Of The World, Record Of The Day, CMU Daily. More tellingly they registered strongly in the Albums Of The Decade polls everywhere from blogs to NME and The Skinny.

‘The Winter Of Mixed Drinks’ showcased a more fully realised sound with a broader palette. Direct and upbeat songs like ‘Nothing Like You’ and ‘Living In Colour’ jostled for position with intense and brittle epics like ‘Skip The Youth’ and ‘Yes I Would’. Speaking to NME at the end of 2009, Scott explained how they’d naturally ‘moved forward and broadened their sonic horizons, but more importantly, the album was better than the last one’.

After months on the road in support of Gomez and Modest Mouse, alongside The Twilight Sad and We Were Promised Jetpacks, and then embarking on their own headline shows which culminated in a climatic sell-out at the Scala, the band finally called a hiatus to touring. Hutchison decamped to the splendid, and beautiful, isolation afforded by the seaside town of Crail on the Fyfe coastline to write the material that would become ‘The Winter Of Mixed Drinks’.

Frightened Rabbit saw out 2009 playing to an 80,000-strong crowd at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebration and 2010 was seen to be a pivotal year for the band, as Scott acknowledged: “I’ve never been in a position of being aware of an audience of any size that was waiting for our music until now. You have to be aware of it or else it’s totally selfish. Pressure sounds like a negative thing but it’s quite positive actually. It feels earned. Everything we have achieved has been earned. It would be disappointing if we didn’t become more popular because that’s got to be the goal for every new record. If it comes, I think we are actually ready for it now.’

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Digital Tracklist

  1. 1 Things 4:26 Buy

    Things

  2. 2 Swim Until You Can't See Land 4:19 Buy

    Swim Until You Can't See Land

  3. 3 The Loneliness and the Scream 4:09 Buy

    The Loneliness and the Scream

  4. 4 The Wrestle 4:00 Buy

    The Wrestle

  5. 5 Skip the Youth 6:19 Buy

    Skip the Youth

  6. 6 Nothing Like You 3:06 Buy

    Nothing Like You

  7. 7 Man/Bag of Sand 2:27 Buy

    Man/Bag of Sand

  8. 8 Footshooter 4:14 Buy

    Footshooter

  9. 9 Not Miserable 4:14 Buy

    Not Miserable

  10. 10 Living in Colour 3:48 Buy

    Living in Colour

  11. 11 Yes, I Would 4:39 Buy

    Yes, I Would

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