Through a wash of loose, overdriven guitars and thunderous drums, a thickly accented Glaswegian voice stumbles and allures throughout a landscape of melodies. This is the structure of Frightened Rabbit’s third full-length album, The Winter Of Mixed Drinks, eleven songs of ambitious focus and monumental proportions. Each track is a mini-story right down to its charmingly sloppy title. The band’s honest and overwhelming journey of sound means there’s no shortage of moving drama to fill up the listener’s ears as well as penetrate the heart of the listener. You’ll find that Frightened Rabbit are an irresistible combination of brilliant songwriting and pop accessibility.

You can buy the Winter of Mixed Drinks .

This week we have Frightened Rabbit’s lead singer Scott Hutchison answering the Kuestionnaire the day before his big show at the Fillmore.

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1. Could you state your name and what you do in the band?
Scott – singer etc

2. How would you describe your sound?
Drunk pop.

3. What is your favorite local band?
Meursault from Edinburgh.

4. Any concerts that blew your mind recently?
The XX at Laneways Festival in Sydney

5. Any non-musical influences you would like to mention?
Chris Ware (graphic novelist), Gordon Ramsay (chef), Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall (food writer), David Mitchell (comedian), Charlie Brooker (writer).

6. If your music was to be the theme of a film/TV show, what would it be?
Terminator 2

7. What musician/artist would you like to collaborate with for a day?
Jeff Tweedy

8. What is the album you listen to on a cold rainy day?
The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You

9. List four songs you would listen to on a roadtrip?
Old Man Chicago by Alberta Cross
I’m Always In Love by Wilco
Walking For 2 Hours by The Twilight Sad
Pump It Up by Elvis Costello
Regular John by Queens of the Stone Age

10. Where do you see yourselves in 7 years?
Hopefully still working, still busy, still trying.

11. What is the last book you read?
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

12. Is image a factor in music or is it a waste of time?
It’s no doubt helped a lot of bands forge a career. It really only matters if you aren’t any good.

13. Any embarrassing moments on stage you would like to share?
Too many to mention.

14. Any favorite tour locations?
Edinburgh, Scotland

15. Lastly, what is your present state of mind?
Awake. That’s as good as it gets.

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[mp3] Frightened Rabbit – Swim Until You Can’t See Land from The Winter Of Mixed Drinks (2010)

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[mp3] Meursault – Crank Resolutions from All Creatures Will Make Merry (2010)

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