PRIMES, Scotland On Sunday, 6 December 2020
Words by Derick Mackinnon and Olaf Furniss. Read on Scotsman.com
Falkirk-based trio PRIMES is made up of school friends Ollie Kitchen (vocals and bass guitar), Sarah Monteith-Skelton (guitar) and Reece Ryan (drums).
They’ve sold out hometown shows, and performed at festivals such as Party At The Palace, Vibration Festival, ButeFest and Rewind Festival. On St Andrews Day, PRIMES filmed a set in Monteith-Skelton’s garden, as part of the virtual Frontline Festival, raising money for charities that support emergency services staff.
Excellent new single Shangri-La has already clocked-up over 10,000 plays on Spotify and they’ve also been selected for The Weekender’s newly launched Scottish Music Awards.
The group have also secured airplay via Rapal on BBC Radio nan Gàidheal, from Jim Gellatly on Amazing Radio and featured in local paper The Falkirk Herald. Their next gig takes place on Saturday 12 December as part of Dragon Soop’s virtual Christmas festival - Soopmas 2020 https://www.facebook.com/primesbandofficial/ WATCH the official video ⬇️
Listen to the band: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5wHbFYCJjfboM5PZAcb7xi | Facebook: @Primesbandofficial | Instagram: @primesbandofficial | Twitter: @Primes_Official
Applications are open for European development and mentoring programme JUMP. Coordinated by six European festivals / conferences, the UK partner Un-Convention, alongside MaMA Festival & Convention (France), Athens Music Week (Greece), Linecheck (Italy), Lisbon International Music Network (Portugal), and Nouvelle Prague (Czech Republic), are seeking applications from music industry professionals from throughout Europe, with innovative ideas. Successful applicants will have travel, accommodation and tuition costs covered. Apply at https://www.jumpmusic.eu/apply
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