Star Wheel Press

Star Wheel Press is a Scottish indie/folk/pop band from Aberfeldy, Scotland. It was formed in 2010 when the guitarist and banjo player Craig Milton met the singer and lyricist Ryan Hannigan at a gig by the Edinburgh indie pop band Aberfeldy in the town after which it is named.

Star Wheel Press
Star Wheel Press at Avalanche Records
Background information
OriginAberfeldy, Scotland, UK
GenresIndie, folk, pop
Years active2010–present
MembersCraig Milton
Ryan Hannigan
Jimmy Gallagher
Andy Hastings
Denis Gallagher

The band released an album in 2011, Life Cycle of a Falling Bird, which was that year's biggest selling album in the Avalanche Records shop[1] in Edinburgh after extensive patronage by the shop's management and the renowned crime novelist Ian Rankin.[2]

Airplay and press coverage

The band's first radio airplay was by Lauren Laverne on BBC 6 Music with other DJs on the station and a number of presenters on BBC Radio Scotland such as Vic Galloway, Ricky Ross and Tom Morton also playing it.

Media coverage has been led by Radar, the new music blog of The Scotsman newspaper which has covered them on several occasions,[3] with others such as Is This Music?[4] and God is in the TV[5] also reviewing them.

Print coverage includes The Spectator[6] and the Daily Record.[7]

Live shows

Live performances include the Southern Fried Festival in Perth with Samantha Crain, support slots with The Blind Boys of Alabama, Lyle Lovett, the 2011 Aberfeldy Festival alongside James Yorkston and Admiral Fallow and a headline show at the Wee Red Bar in Edinburgh Students Union in September 2011 with support from French Wives.

References
  1. "Avalanche Top 20 Albums 2011 on Christmas Day". Avalancherecords.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  2. "Newsletter Archives". Ianrankin.net. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  3. "Bands of 2011: Star Wheel Press". Archived from the original on 7 June 2020.
  4. Karen Dorrat, "Star Wheel Press - Life Cycle of a Falling Bird", Is This Music?, 17 April 2011.
  5. "Star Wheel Press – Life Cycle Of A Falling Bird", God Is In The TV, 16 June 2011.
  7. Andrew Welsh, "Top Scottish bands named in line-up for the Aberfeldy Festival", Daily Record, 4 October 2011


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