VA - Something For The Longing: Scottish Independent Pop 1985-1999 (2026)

Following its blossoming in the post-punk era, by the mid-80s, the Scottish indie scene had become a sprawling, glorious network of bands, fanzines, club nights and record shops. When the NME issued its now-mythic ‘C86’ cassette in 1986, Scottish music featured heavily, setting the tone for a couple of decades of brilliant and eclectic music.

Tracklist
DISC ONE
1. The Jesus And Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up
2. Shop Assistants - I Don’t Wanna Be Friends With You
3. Rote Kapelle - These Animals Are Dangerous
4. The Soup Dragons - Soft As Your Face
5. The Motorcycle Boy - Big Rock Candy Mountain
6. Primal Scream - Gentle Tuesday
7. The Big Gun - Heard About Love
8. The Thieves - Talk Your Head Off
9. The Clouds - Get Out Of My Dream
10. Biff Bang Pow! - He Don’t Need That Girl
11. The Revolving Paint Dream - Stop The World
12. The Jasmine Minks - Cut Me Deep
13. Christine’s Cat - She's Alive*
14. Baby Lemonade - Much Too Late
15. The Golden Dawn - My Secret World
16. The Vaselines - Teenage Superstar
17. Dawson - Noel Edmonds
18. Stretchheads - A Freakout
19. Badgewearer - Buspass Conspiracy
20. Spirea X - Chlorine Dream
21. Fenn - Saint's Gate (Demo)*
22. The Fizzbombs - Blue Summer
23. The Hardy Boys - Wonderful Lie
24. Whiteout - The Next Big Thing
25. The Vultures - You’re Not Scared

DISC TWO
1. The Orchids - Something For The Longing
2. The Wendys - Enjoy The Things You Fear
3. Pearlfishers - Sacred
4. BMX Bandits - Serious Drugs
5. Superstar - Don't Wanna Die
6. Long Fin Killie - The Lamberton Lamplighter
7. Whirling Pig Dervish - Whip
8. The Stanleys - Royal Blue*
9. Lung Leg - Punk Pop Travesty
10. Glue - Modelling
11. Spare Snare - Wired For Sound
12. Pink Kross - Punk Outfit
13. Lugworm - Sweaty Says
14. The Blisters - Patrick Meets The Courgettes
15. Trout - Owl In The Tree
16. The Yummy Fur - Typical Of Boys
17. The Poison Sisters - Chicane
18. Hee Haw - 6/26
19. Sally Skull - Bride Of Frankenstein
20. The Luci Baines Band - Find A Lil Love (Extended)
21. Eska - Running On Sum Six Dew
22. Country Teasers - Last Bridge Of Spencer Smith
23. Nostril - Token Song About Foreign Politics
24. Dick Johnson - Disposable

DISC THREE
1. Arab Strap - The First Big Weekend
2. The Delgados - Monica Webster
3. Bis - Keroleen
4. Frank Blake - Plastic Bag
5. Belle And Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane
6. Urusei Yatsura - Hello Tiger
7. The Male Nurse - My Own Private P. Swayze
8. Starstruck - Orange
9. The Starlets - Tainted
10. El Hombre Trajeado - Logo (Album Version)
11. Gilded Lil - Last Tango In Tollkross
12. Camera Obscura - Your Sound
13. Huckleberry - Three-Speed Wilfred*
14. King Creosote - A Little Paint
15. The Beta Band - Inner Meet Me
16. The Amphetameanies - Last Night
17. V-Twin - Thank You Baby
18. Mogwai - Christmas Steps
*PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED