Mull Historical Society + Paper Beat Scissors

Following on from the critical and commercial success of the previous record, In My Mind There’s A Room, Colin MacIntyre – AKA Mull Historical Society – will return this year with another literary inspired marvel.

Due for release on 29 May via the LNFG label, this brand new collection of songs (his 10th) will feature lyrical contributions from a panoply of world-leading authors, all of whom were asked to reflect on a single significant photo to them. Amongst the collaborators on In My Mind There’s A Photograph are best-sellers, Pulitzer, Booker, Costa, Women’s Prize and Saltire Award-winners including Irvine Welsh, Ali Smith, Len Pennie, Jehan Bseiso, Louise Welsh, Irenosen Okojie, Paul Lynch, Colum McCann, Yiyun Lee, Alan Johnson, Dan Richards and Sir Alexander McCall Smith.

With Colin playing the ‘Elton to their Bernie’, coupling his musical idiosyncrasies to their affecting words, together they have created 12 songs of vivid photographic realisation and a very real emotional resonance. The first of these collaborations is Cattle Bells, which features words from Sir Alexander McCall Smith, acclaimed author of the No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.

Accompanying the upcoming release, fans can also expect live shows featuring appearances from some of his collaborating authors.

Support comes from Paper Beat Scissors. Under the moniker Paper Beat Scissors Tim Crabtree stitches delicate and intricate tapestries of songs threaded through by an unmistakable haunting voice.