Frightened Rabbit

Frightened Rabbit
Frightened Rabbit performing at SXSW in 2013
Background information
Origin	Selkirk, Scotland
Genres	Indie rock, indie folk
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Hits The Fan Records (2006) Fat Cat Records (2007—2010) Atlantic Records (2010–present)
Associated acts	Owl John, The Fruit Tree Foundation, Make Model, Piano Bar Fight, The Twilight Sad, We Were Promised Jetpacks,
Website	www.frightenedrabbit.com
Members	Scott Hutchison Grant Hutchison Billy Kennedy Andy Monaghan Simon Liddell
Past members	Gordon Skene

Frightened Rabbit are a Scottish indie rock band from Selkirk, formed in 2003. The line-up currently consists of Scott Hutchison (vocals, guitar), Grant Hutchison (drums), Billy Kennedy (guitar, bass), Andy Monaghan (guitar, keyboards), and Simon Liddell (guitar). Since 2004 the band has been based in Glasgow.

Initially a solo project for vocalist and guitarist Scott Hutchison, Frightened Rabbit's first studio album, Sing the Greys, was recorded as a duo by Hutchison and his brother Grant, and released on independent label, Hits the Fan, in 2006. The band subsequently signed to Fat Cat Records, in 2007, and became a three-piece with the addition of guitarist Billy Kennedy for its second studio album, The Midnight Organ Fight (2008). The album was released to strongly positive reviews and extensive touring, with guitarist and keyboardist Andy Monaghan joining the band to flesh-out its live performances.

The band's third studio album, The Winter of Mixed Drinks, was released in 2010, with former Make Model guitarist Gordon Skene joining the band for its accompanying tour. Frightened Rabbit signed to Atlantic Records later that year, and issued two EPs, A Frightened Rabbit EP (2011) and State Hospital (2012), before the release of its fourth studio album, Pedestrian Verse in 2013. A critical and commercial success in the UK, the album peaked at number nine on the UK Albums Chart, with additional guitarist Simon Liddell joining the band on its subsequent tour.

Disillusioned from touring, Hutchison, Monaghan, and Liddell recorded a studio album without the band, entitled Owl John (2014). Gordon Skene departed from the band in early 2014, and the band recorded its fifth studio album the following year with producer Aaron Dessner (The National), in New York, with Liddell joining the band as a full contributing member.