You might not have heard of the Pretty Flowers, but they were a band who, like The Crucial Three or the London SS, spawned a local scene in Lanarkshire. Teenage Fanclub, The Vaselines, Soup Dragons and the BMX Bandits all had roots in that band.

The BMX Bandits similarly saw many local luminaries pass through their ranks. Including one Sean Dickson (knew we’d get there eventually) who after the Soup Dragons formed The High Fidelity, and whose magnificent sprawling 14 track album Demonstration is still an undiscovered classic. (Namedrop time: Sean is also a very nice chap, I interviewed him in a tearoom in Glasgow – crashing my car on the way. Some day I’ll scan in the article, which was for Go! magazine).

Anyway, the reason for this is partly that the BMX Bandits have a new album out, roundabout now – and Duglas T Stewart has brought Sean, among various other Scottish musicians, back into the fold for what is that band’s 25 anniversary.
More on the Bandits later I’m sure but for now enjoy this, or indeed another cracking video for Change is Gonna Come)