Futuristic Retro Champions

Futuristic Retro Champions
Background information
Origin	Edinburgh, Scotland
Genres	Electropop
Years active	2006–2011
Labels	Everything Flows Records
Website	www.futuristicretrochampions.com
Members	Sita Pieraccini Carla Easton Harry Weeks Cecilia Stamp

Futuristic Retro Champions were a Scottish indie band from Edinburgh and Glasgow who sang and played electropop with a Scottish brogue. They played support for such headliners as Kate Nash, Ladyhawke, The Vaselines, Bombay Bicycle Club, Charlotte Hatherley, Friendly Fires and Glasvegas, before eventually headlining their own shows.

Futuristic Retro Champions played their debut public gig at Edinburgh's Wee Red Bar in 2006. They'd met at Edinburgh College of Art, and the band properly took shape when Carla, Sita and Luke wrote the song, 'Lullaby' together as a soundtrack to a film they'd made. They turned to Harry to help record the song, and when recording the first version of 'Hi!', were joined by Dan on trumpet. Carla and Sita then moved to Lithuania, where they continued to develop their sound. On their return, Adam joined the band on synth.

In 2007, The List named them as a band to look out for that year. Then in June, they headlined at Glasgow's King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, supported by fellow electro popsters Pooch. That same year while still at college, they played support for Kate Nash, Glasvegas, and Friendly Fires, and headlined The 2007 Art College Revel. Also at an Art College tribute night in memory of their tutor and mentor Paul Carter, they were joined on stage by Eugene Kelly of Scottish indie band The Vaselines, for covers of (The Vaselines' songs) 'Son of a Gun' and 'You Think You're A Man'.

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