Indigo Velvet, Scotland On Sunday, 24 January 2016

Published in Scotland On Sunday, Spectrum Magazine: Sunday 24 January 2016 | Words by Derick Mackinnon and Olaf Furniss Read on Scotsman.com

INDIGO VELVET are a young band from Edinburgh who’ve been on our radar this past year.To date, they’ve gained support from Jim Gellatly via his XFM Scotland and Amazing Radio shows, been broadcast on STV and their music has been synced to a Visit Scotland advertising campaign. The quartet have also supported the likes of Model Aeroplanes, Honeyblood, The LaFontaines and performed at Electric Fields Festival Their indie/pop sound is like a perfect Summer soundtrack, colourful, upbeat and catchy, and having released single ‘Blue’ late last year, with sell out shows, [last week at King Tuts being the most recent], their profile and popularity is on an upwards trajectory and 2016 looks set to be their breakthrough year.The band tour the UK supporting Newcastle band Lisbon 3-6 February visiting Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Leeds.Listen at https://soundcloud.com/indigovelvet Olaf Furniss and Derick Mackinnon run the music industry seminar and social evenings Born To Be Wide visit www.borntobewide.co.uk ** For consideration as our artist of the week or any other news please contact: Derick Mackinnon