The Secret Goldfish - Empty Holster [Goldfish Orange Vinyl]

Cat. no: LNFG189
Format: LP Goldfsh Orange Vinyl
Barcode: 0787480472182
Release Date: 20 Jun 2025
Genre: Rock

The Secret Goldfsh release their frst album in 25 years in June 2025 - Empty Holster has been in process since 1996 when vocalist Katy Lironi started collating songs by her favourite songwriters Vic Godard, Davy Henderson and James Kirk (the idea for Empty Holster was a covers album of their songs)

The tracks have been recorded extremely sporadically over the past decades and were fnally fnished off at Green Door studio and mastered by Samuel Joseph Smith.

Empty Holster also features covers of songs by Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham, Port Sulphur, The Beach Boys, and a long- lost Goldfsh collaboration with Adventures in Stereo's Jim Beattie, Elevator, which was missing for 15 years, presumed lost. Musical guests appearing on Empty Holster include Mick Slaven (The Bluebells), Campbell Owens (AztecCamera), James Kirk (Orange Juice), Vic Godard (Subway Sect), Francis Macdonald (Teenage Fanclub), and Katy and Douglas's daughter Amelia Lironi (QUAD90). The album is pressed on Goldfsh Orange vinyl at Seabass Vinyl in Scotland.

The Secret Goldfsh will be appearing live at the Glad Cafe, Glasgow, on Saturday 21st June.

Legendary Scottish label Creeping Bent is closing its doors at the end of 2025. To commemorate the label, a series of fnal CB releases are scheduled throughout the year including The Secret Goldfsh, Gareth Sager and Article 58. Founder, Douglas MacIntyre is releasing new book A Leap Into The Void - an encyclopedia of Creeping Bent, recounting the last 30 years.

Tracks: Holiday Hymn / Get On Board / Somewhere In China / This Arsehole's Been  Burned Too Many Times / Elevator / Hey Mister / Stop That Girl / Dial F for Fake / Moscow / Louche Life / 22 Blue / Big Sur