BREATHE FOR ME

In July 2008, Attic Lights appeared on the BBC’s The Culture Show in a live performance and interview and had their Somerset House gig filmed and broadcast live on Channelbee. In October 2008 the band began to tour with Paul Heaton and Cerys Matthews. On 21 October 2008, Attic Lights invited fans via their MySpace page to be in their music video for their single “Late Night Sunshine”. On 13 October 2008, the band’s debut album, Friday Night Lights, was released to positive reviews. The CD single version of “Bring You Down” featured remixes by fellow Glaswegians Mogwai and Camera Obscura. Attic Lights saw in 2009 by playing at the Edinburgh Princes Street Hogmanay celebrations. They followed this with a UK and Ireland tour supporting Camera Obscura. With the relaunch of the new series of Minder on Five, the band re-recorded the program’s signature theme tune. This was previously sung by Dennis Waterman (who starred in it as Terry McCann, the original ‘minder’). The group recorded a cover of fellow Glaswegians Strawberry Switchblade’s “Since Yesterday” for a TV campaign advertising the STV Jobs website, which launched in January 2010 and ran throughout the year.