''The Eleventh Hour'' is the debut studio album by Scottish

indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...

band The Birthday Suit, released on 11 November 2011 on Sing it Alone Records.

Background

In 2010 Idlewild entered an indefinite hiatus and so guitarist and backing vocalist Rod Jones subsequently formed The Birthday Suit in 2011 after writing material for his second album, Jones noted:

I started making a second solo record, then got sick of it. I began writing a set of completely new songs which turned out to have more of an
indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...
sound, and it felt more like band material than solo stuff. Even though I wrote it by myself at home, it wouldn’t have been right to record it alone, so I got a small band together. The name of The Birthday Suit was sort of an in-joke that stuck.

They signed to Sing it Alone and released their debut single "Do You Ever?" as a free download, and in November 2011 they released ''The Eleventh Hour'' and followed its release with multiple performances in

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and

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during the next year. The band performed at T in the Park and Wickerman Festival, and began working on a follow-up album.

Track listing

Personnel

* Rod Jones *Jacqueline Irvine *David Jack *Steve Morrison *Séan McLaughlin *Catrin Pryce-Jones

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eleventh Hour 2011 debut albums