Tango in the Attic are a Scottish lo-fi, garage

Garage rock

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, pop

Pop music

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 band from Glenrothes

Glenrothes

Glenrothes is a large town situated in the heart of Fife, in east-central Scotland. It is located approximately from both Edinburgh, which lies to the south and Dundee to the north. The town had an estimated population of 38,750 in 2008, making Glenrothes the third largest settlement in Fife...

, formed in 2008. The band consists of Daniel Craig - vocals, Jordan Craig - guitar, Jonathan MacFarlane - organ James Crook - bass and Paul Johnson - drums.

2008–2010

Tango In The Attic formed in early 2008 in Glenrothes

Glenrothes

Glenrothes is a large town situated in the heart of Fife, in east-central Scotland. It is located approximately from both Edinburgh, which lies to the south and Dundee to the north. The town had an estimated population of 38,750 in 2008, making Glenrothes the third largest settlement in Fife...

, Fife

Fife

Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...

. The band's members are influenced by various artists. Using guitars, vintage organs, saxophones and random percussion, they give energetic and engaging live performances, and have been described as "Vampire Weekend

Vampire Weekend

Vampire Weekend is an American indie rock band from New York City that formed in 2006 and signed to XL Recordings. The Band has four members: Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Tomson, and Chris Baio. The band released its first album Vampire Weekend in 2008, which produced the singles "Mansard...

-esque".

The band played 2009's T In The Park

T in the Park

T in the Park is a major British music festival that has been held annually since 1994. It is named after its main sponsor, the brewing company Tennents. It was originally held at Strathclyde Park, Lanarkshire but since 1997 has been held at a disused airfield in Balado, Kinross-shire...

 festival's Tbreak tent, followed by a live session on Vic Galloway

Vic Galloway

Michael "Vic" Galloway is a DJ on BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio 1, Vic presents a self-titled show on Radio Scotland every Monday from 8:05pm-10pm and does the BBC Introducing Scotland Radio 1 programme Wednesday evenings/Thursday mornings from 12:00-2:00am...

's BBC Radio One show. Their track, "Jackanory" was used on Schuh

Schuh

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’s first television advertisement, which was broadcast throughout the UK. They also released the double A-side single

Single (music)

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, "Blunderground" b/w "Be A Familiar".

Discography

The band's debut album

Album

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, Bank Place Locomotive Society, was released on 12 July 2010.
Track listing

• 1. "One Step Away"
• 2. "Seven Second Stare"
• 3. "Off To…"
• 4. "Sketch by Quentin Blake"
• 5. "A Healthy Distraction"
• 6. "One Step Ahead"
• 7. "Jackanory"
• 8. "Leftside"
• 9. "Whiskey in the Wind"
• 10. "Blunderground"
• 11. "She Stole the Summer"
• 12. "The Letting Go"