NEW ALBUM ‘CITY AWAKENINGS’ OUT NOW
ON CD AND DOWNLOAD. FEATURING THE SINGLES

‘THE LIGHTS’ AND ‘MUST YOU GET LOW’

I was recording my new album and realised it sounded more like my MHS alter-ego once again. And so it is - MHS for 2012.' CM.

Colin MacIntyre is a multi-instrumentalist, programmer, songwriter and producer, who releases under the pseudonym 'Mull Historical Society'. MacIntyre released his 4th MHS album in Jan 2012. There have been three other MHS albums to date, achieving two top twenty chart albums and four top 40 chart singles. His debut, 'Loss' went Gold and has been widely hailed as one of the best British albums of that year. He has been voted Scotland's Top Creative Talent at the Glenfiddich Spirit Of Scotland Awards and into the top Scottish artists of all time public poll by The List Magazine. His first MHS chart single 'Watching Xanadu' recently made STV's 'Scotland's Greatest Album' as one of the top tracks of the 00's. Colin hails from Tobermory on the Isle Of Mull in the Scottish Hebrides (pop 2,500 people, 26,234 sheep) and taught himself to play by watching his uncle's covers band, going on to make his debut performance with microphones attached to broomsticks. He has also released two albums under his own name: 'The Water' (2008), produced by Lemon Jelly's Nick Franglen, on his own label Future Gods Recordings, with The Guardian hailing it 'Pop perfection'. In 2009 Colin released his most stripped-back album to date, 'Island', recorded in his old school classroom. It was known to be played on none other than Brian Wilson's tour bus. He has collaborated with Irvine Welsh and Tony Benn, and toured with The Strokes, Elbow and REM.

His new Mull Historical Society album, his 6th in total, entitled 'City Awakenings', was released in January 2012 on Xtra Mile Recordings on the 10th anniversary of 'Loss'. Produced by the Grammy-winning Dom Morley (Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Grinderman), it is his tribute to Glasgow, London and New York - the three cities which have most influenced the musician and islander abroad. MacIntyre co-produced the closing track ‘Thameslink (London's Burning)’, which he first performed on acoustic guitar at his father’s funeral (his father’s death inspired ‘Loss’). 

2012 has seen live sessions on BBC Radio 2 with Jo Whiley & Bob Harris, as well as 6Music, Radio Scotland & Ulster. After a summer of Festival appearances including V Festival, T in the Park, Eden Sessions, & the Scottish Parliament - and returns to Europe with shows in Berlin and Blue Balls, Lucerne - MHS ends the year with his first Xmas Single, 'Christmas Is Here Again' and a special return to MHS's first ever Glasgow & London venues - see above. Look out for 'City Awakenings' full release in the US in early 2013 through Xtra Mile Recordings / ILG Warners.

Click the links below to listen to samples from  Colin’s previous release, ‘Island.’

Colin takes time out from recording new Mull Historical Society album ‘City Awakenings’ to perform ‘Must You Make Eyes At Me Now’

In 2011 Colin visited Malawi as part of his   role in supporting Mary’s Meals in their work to feed and educate children in developing nations.

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Colin writes his own blog and for Herald Scotland. You can read his website blog entries below, and Herald Blog on this link.

Here’s the new video for Must You Get Low, from the new EP released 16th April .

You can buy all the Mull Historical Society and Colin MacIntyre albums from the usual high street and on-line retailers like Amazon or download from all the major digital outlets. Click the albums to download from iTunes.

We’ve put together some clips of the singles released from City Awakenings.

Mull Historical Society is confirmed for the Darvel Music Festival on Sunday 5 May 2013. This is a full band performance and you can find more information on the festival website. There will be several more live performances for MHS in 2013.

We are delighted to announce that the the latest MHS album, City Awakenings is being released soon in the USA  on  Xtra Mile Recordings.