Y'all Is Fantasy Island

Y'all Is Fantasy Island
Y'all is Fantasy Island (from left to right: Adam Stafford, Tommy Blair, Steven Tosh, Jamie Macleod. Myriapoda.
Background information
Origin	Falkirk, Scotland
Years active	2001–2011
Labels	Panic in Year Zero Winning Sperm Party Wise Blood Industries

Y'all Is Fantasy Island are a Scottish alternative folk band from Falkirk, formed in 2001.

Originally formed in 2001 by singer/songwriter Adam Stafford. After a couple of low-key releases, including 2002's cassette only Wisconsin Death Trip mini album and 2005's Skeletal Demos EP, Stafford recruited guitarist/sound engineer Tommy Blair and drummer/clarinettist Jon McCall. The band recruited bassist/keyboardist Robert Lesiuk in 2006 to help fill out their live sound. McCall and Lesiuk left the band in the summer of 2007 with McCall being replaced by Steven Tosh on drums and Jamie Macleod taking over bass duties.

2008 saw the band release their second album, Rescue Weekend, again to critical acclaim. The album was originally written and conceived as a separate project from the band, but when multi-instrumentalist Tosh joined in 2007, the band decided to issue it under the Y'all is banner on their own DIY Label, Wise Blood Industries.

The band subsequently released "With Handclaps EP" on Glasgow punk label Winning Sperm Party in August 2008, "No Ceremony" in November 2008 and "Infanticidal Genuflector: Selected Film Soundtrack Work 06/07" in December, respectively (again on Winning Sperm Party). This notched the amount of releases in 2008 to four: one EP and three LPs.

The band continued to play live extensively through the year before the unexpected departure of Blair in October 2009.

After the departure of Tommy Blair the band played a handful of shows in 2010 including supporting Warpaint before announcing they were to split.

Their final show was played at Sneaky Pete's on 11 March 2011 with original member Robbie Lesiuk returning in place of Tommy Blair on guitar.

Adam Stafford continues to work as a solo artist and film maker.

Adam Stafford (2001-2011) Tommy Blair (2005-2009) Jon McCall (2005-2007) Robbie Lesiuk (2006-2007) Jamie Macleod (2007-2011) Steven Tosh (2007-2011)

The trio of Stafford, Blair and McCall recorded the debut album In Faceless Towns Forever during a 19-hour session in an abandoned house in their hometown. The album was released in 2006 on Falkirk-based indie label Panic in Year Zero and distributed by Cargo Records.

The LP received much acclaim from the Scottish Music Press, drawing comparisons to Leonard Cohen,Ry Cooder, and fellow Falkirk musicians Arab Strap.