The Joshua Hotel to headline Stereo in Glasgow this weekend
The Joshua Hotel, an Inverness-based trio fronted by multi-instrumentalist and producer Joshua Mackenzie, will play at Stereo on Saturday, June 14.
The trio is completed by guitarist and drone specialist Louis Slorach, and drummer and percussionist Joshua Gilbert.
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Currently, the band is building momentum ahead of the release of their debut album Rapture Party, due out this September.
The album, produced and mastered by Jason Shaw at Fuzzface Studios in 2024, has a distinctly Scottish influence having been written in the Highlands and recorded on the West Coast in Largs.
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It features guest vocals from Shanine Gallagher, a long-time friend and collaborator who previously released music under the moniker Ess_Gee.
Described as a "last dance at the twilight of millennial youth," the album tackles themes of love, friendship, sexuality, self-identity, mental health, and mortality amid the shifting political and cultural climate of the past 25 years.
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Their latest single, Show Me Around, is set to be released on July 4 and has been described as "a sun-kissed slice of propulsive indie disco with stylistic nods to Bronski Beat, Depeche Mode and Daft Punk."
Originally a solo project launched by Mr Mackenzie during lockdown, The Joshua Hotel evolved into a trio in 2023 with the release of their EP Oblivion Days.
That project has since attracted support from Steve Lamacq on BBC 6 Music, Gary Crowley on BBC London, John Kennedy on Radio X, and Vic Galloway on BBC Radio Scotland.
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