Endor are: Mark Church, Richard Ferguson, Calum Johnston & David McGinty
They sing and play drums, guitars, glockenspiel, harmonica, melodica, organ, rhodes, portasound, sticks and stones. They like science, books and old cameras.
Having spent their teenage years on awful renditions of Weezer songs, Endor have made considerable headway through their live performances in Scotland and around the UK. In recent years the band have released two singles on Glasgow’s Indie label Say Dirty Records and played a number of tours and festivals around the UK. They have filmed an appearance on the new TV series of BBC Scotland’s Rapal, recorded live radio sessions for Vic Galloway (BBC Scotland) and BBC Northern Ireland’s ATL as well as racking up Radio 1, 6 Music, and XFM air-time for their previous singles. They have also contributed towards the records of other Glasgow bands, most notably lead singer David McGinty provided backing vocals on Snow Patrol’s Eyes Open.
‘The Glaswegian four-piece’s hook-bound melodies have been concocted by a detailed jigsaw of instrumentation all lovingly pieced together to create rousing streams of breezy, Celtic-tinged jangling. Following on from the release of two sterling early-days singles, the band have this year seen an already buxom fanbase swell through support slots with kindred spirits Lightspeed Champion and Semifinalists.’
- Drowned in Sound
This year the band have taken the leap to record a full-length album. Their experiences of the powers of DIY indie labels inspired the band to record 100% independently, deciding to fully finance the tracking and mixing themselves. Preparing to record an album which would match up to the anticipation of the last couple of years, meant the band were forced to dig deep and come up with more than simply the cash required. The resulting record is 10 tracks which present Endor as a band fully capable of lush harmony laden indie rock, but also self assured enough to realise when a track requires some restraint in order to let the songwriting abilities of Ferguson and McGinty speak for themselves. From the quiet, slow building sentiment of songs like ‘Chapel Doors’ and ‘Seek Cover’ to the unabashed wall of sound rock of ‘Without the Help of Sparks’ and ‘All Your More Buoyant Thoughts’, Endor’s confidence in their songwriting is overtly apparent, the heart of their songs however is buried a little deeper.
-Andy Clifton
