Scott Hutchison

Scott Hutchison
Hutchison performing with Frightened Rabbit at SXSW in 2013
Background information
Born	Selkirk, Scotland
Genres	Indie rock, indie folk
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Atlantic Records, Fat Cat Records
Associated acts	Frightened Rabbit, Owl John, The Fruit Tree Foundation
Website	frightenedrabbit.com

Scott Hutchison is a Scottish singer, songwriter, guitarist and artist. He is best known as the founding member and primary songwriter of the indie rock band Frightened Rabbit, with whom he has recorded four studio albums. Hutchison is also a member of the musical collective The Fruit Tree Foundation, and has released one solo album, under the moniker Owl John.

Hutchison studied illustration at the Glasgow School of Art, before forming Frightened Rabbit in 2003. Initially a solo project, Hutchison collaborated with his brother Grant on the band's debut album, Sing the Greys (2006), and recorded the band's critical breakthrough, The Midnight Organ Fight (2008), as a three-piece, following the collapse of a romantic relationship.

Following the album's release, the band's fanbase expanded significantly and a third studio album, The Winter of Mixed Drinks, was released in 2010. Signing to Atlantic Records, the band released its fourth studio album, Pedestrian Verse, in 2013. The following year, Hutchison recorded a solo album under the name, Owl John. In 2016, the band released its fifth studio album, Painting of a Panic Attack.

Hutchison creates the artwork for each Frightened Rabbit release.

Described by his mother as a shy child, Scott Hutchison was raised in the Scottish Borders town of Selkirk, with his brother Grant. Moving to the city of Glasgow, he studied illustration at the Glasgow School of Art: "I was there for four years and I didn't particularly want to be an illustrator, so I wanted to apply the rules that I learnt to everything I do, in terms of working in a bank or writing music." Whilst living in Glasgow, Hutchison worked in specialist whisky shop in residential area of Hyndland, noting: "I began to appreciate and admire the heritage of flavour in a dram of single malt."