Young Scotland Indeed

This documentary may just solve the world's problems, provided that the world's problems mostly consist of a dearth of Scottish post-punk deliciousness. No word on a release date, but I'm excited to bits!


The Sound of Young Scotland (teaser trailer)
2008
3:24


And to tide us over, here are two of my very favorite singles from the era:

Candyskin by the Fire Engines is creepier than anyone's really given it credit for - it would make a great theme song for an indie serial killer, or as a score for the scene in Battleship Potemkin where the baby carriage clatters down the Odessa steps. Here the fun is accompanied by a striking montage of some Hammer-era British mystery show.


Candyskin (fan video with footage from Thriller: The Eyes Have It)
The Fire Engines
2007
2:42

and the 1982 video for Rip It Up, in which Edwyn Collins (who looks about 12 years old) and Co have enormous fun hammily lipsynching and scaring the straights on the streets of Glasgow.


Rip It Up
Orange Juice
1982
3:43