The Zephyrs
| The Zephyrs | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Genres | Indie, shoegaze, folk rock |
| Labels | Club AC30, Acuarela, Setanta, Rock Action |
| Members | Stuart Nicol David Nicol Robert Dillam Richard Hamill Will Bates |
| Past members | Emily Hall Marcus MacKay Charlie Clark Eric Lindsay Malcolm Cochrane David Jeans Stewart Campbell Jonathan Kilgour Gordon Kilgour |
The Zephyrs are an Edinburgh, Scotland-based indie band. They have released five albums and two EPs containing their shoegazing folk-rock style.
Brothers Stuart (vocals, guitar) and David Nicol (bass) had been playing music together for many years before forming The Zephyrs. Adopting the band moniker used by their father 25 years before, they released their first album in 1999.
It's OK Not to Say Anything was released on the Edinburgh indie label Evol and 700 copies were printed. Small as this release was, it garnered the attention of Scottish post-rock band Mogwai who signed The Zephyrs to their own imprint Rock Action, which was then owned by SouthPaw Records.
In 2001 the band released their second album When the Sky Comes Down It Comes Down on Your Head (which included guest vocals from Mojave 3's Rachel Goswell) through SouthPaw Records to excellent reviews. AllMusic.com gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, exclaiming "[The Zephyrs] manage to combine the epic grandeur of Mogwai with the country-rock of Gram Parsons". Unfortunately for the band, SouthPaw Records folded the week the album came out. Their publishing deal evaporated, as did the funding for the album's promotion and the band's tour. In spite of the album's critical success and a well received performance at the Reading Festival, the band were forced to concede temporary defeat and return to their day jobs.
The Nicol brothers were determined not to let the setback destroy the band. In early 2002 The Zephyrs began work on a new album. At around this time, the Madrid-based record label Acuarela approached the band. They had loved When the Sky... and invited The Zephyrs to play at the Primavera Sound music festival in Barcelona. Play they did, and in June of that year Acuarela released a four song EP called The Love That Will Guide You Back Home.
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