What with the drama of Driverdown, the funky Primals-ish manoeuvres of Viva Stereo, the efficiently intense power-pop of The Needles,unsung heroes Deckard making a cracking second LP and a string of Fence Records-related artists, W&H have been homing in on a huge range of talented, independently-minded characters from north of the border during 2004. Very clearly, the headline grabbers Franz Ferdinand and Dogs Die In Hot Cars were only the tip of a gargantuan iceberg.
And already Glasgow's One Records look like being a Scottish name to watch during 2005. They have several artists unleashing debut singles early on in the year, and the talented LUDOVICO will surely be among the names to be mindful of.
"Panic Attack" is their debut for the label and it's a cracker. Produced with typically tough, melodic clarity by Deckard frontman Chris Gordon, it has shades of everyone from The Ruts to Queens Of The Stone Age to Deckard themselves without ever sounding troublingly derivative and is graced by wonderfully-named frontman Iskandar Stewart's gutsy, raw-throated vocal delivery.
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Ludovico are tight, impossibly well-drilled and angular and anthemic all at once. This single is both quite a thrill in itself and an ominously good taster for the future. One Records have got our cards marked and 2005 will surely find them making inroads.
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