The Reindeer Section are a Scottish indie rock supergroup formed in 2001 by Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol, which released albums and gigged in 2001 and 2002. The Reindeer Section grouping was somewhat ad hoc, and so it is uncertain if more will be heard from them, however in a 2006 interview with Times Online Gary Lightbody did not rule out making a future album.
Lightbody describes the band's sound as "pretty much all very slow, quiet, folky-type stuff. Stuff that I really love listening to, like Low, for example, and Neil Young andJoni Mitchell and all that end of things. It's sort of inspired by those records rather than by the American rock music that inspired me to start a band in the first place."
Formation and Y'All Get Scared Now, Ya Hear!: 2001
The Reindeer Section arose - according to Lightbody - out of a chance get-together of musicians at a Lou Barlow gig in Glasgow in 2001, at which Lightbody drunkenly laid down the challenge to others to "make an album together", to which everyone said "yeah yeah". Lightbody "went home and next day wrote the album" and later convinced Johnny Davis of Bright Star to fund a recording session and release the proposed album. The group met over three days of rehearsal and ten days of recording to produce the first album. Y'All Get Scared Now, Ya Hear! was released on 20 October 2001 with a mini tour, the first venue of which was Belfast's The Limelight. In television, the track "Will You Be There For Me" was used in the closing of episode 39 of NBC's Ed.
Y'All Get Scared Now, Ya Hear! is the debut album by the Scottish indie rock supergroup The Reindeer Section, released on October 30, 2001. The album was recorded over a ten day period between January and February 2001.
The core band througout the album consists of vocalist/guitarist Gary Lightbody, drummer Johnny Quinn and bassist Gareth Russell, with various different musicians joining them on each track - with everyone considered a member.
Members of Snow Patrol, Mogwai, Astrid, Belle and Sebastian, Arab Strap and Eva appear on this album.
Tracklisting:
- Gary Lightbody - lead and harmony vocals, guitars, keyboards (tracks 6, 9, 11, 13) and harmonica (10, 13)
- Johnny Quinn - drums
- Gareth Russell - bass
- Michael Bannister - piano (tracks 3, 7), hammond organ (12), wurlitzer (5)
- Willy Campbell - harmony vocals (tracks 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13), guitar (12)
- Charlie Clarke - harmony vocals (tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13)
- Richard Colburn - congas (track 13), timbaleze (12), pigeon noises (14)
- Mick Cooke - trumpet (track 10), flugal horn (10)
- John Cummings - guitar (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13)
- Roy Kerr - drums (tracks 9, 11, 13)
- Bob Kildea - guitar (tracks 5, 12)
- Colin McIntyre - harmony vocals (track 9)
- Gill Mills - harmony vocals (track 3)
- Aidan Moffat - lead vocals (track 13)
- Jenny Reeve - lead vocals (track 6), backing vocals (5, 8), violin (5)
- Tony Doogan - recording, mixing
- Katie Arup - design, artwork
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