The Filthy Tongues are an alternative rock group from

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, Scotland, made up of

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, Fin Wilson and Derek Kelly, who were previously members of

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and Angelfish alongside

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. As Isa & the Filthy Tongues with singer Stacey Chavis, the band released two albums.

Isa & the Filthy Tongues

An earlier incarnation of the band, Isa & The Filthy Tongues, featured American singer-songwriter Stacey Chavis on lead vocals. Their first album, ''Addiction'' was released on Circular Records in May 2006. It was re-released in 2009. ''Dark Passenger'' came out through Neon Tetra Records in 2010. ''Scotland on Sunday'' compared Metcalfe's performance on "Beautiful Girl" to

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. Isa & The Filthy Tongues contributed the song "Big Star" to the film ''

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'', directed by fellow Scot David Mackenzie and starring

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and

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. They also contributed five songs including the title track to the film ''

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'' directed by Richard Jobson, who co-wrote the song and also sings on "New Town Killers".

Current lineup

In 2014, The Filthy Tongues (appearing without Chavis), released a track titled "Lethe Walks" on YouTube. This track, along with two others, was released in a special limited edition 10" vinyl, as a promo tool for ''Scenes'' a book of paintings and poetry by Martin Metcalfe and

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. In 2016, the Filthy Tongues released their first album ''

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'', named after a staircase cut into

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in Edinburgh. ''The Scotsman'' compared the title track with the work of

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. The Filthy Tongues toured in 2017 with the

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, and Metcalfe and Kelly contributed to writing four songs on the 2018 Skids' album '' Burning Cities'' which reached number 28 in the charts. Local

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club

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used the song "Holy Brothers" to launch their Hibernian Reborn campaign in season 2017–18. A new Filthy Tongues album entitled ''Back To Hell'' is due to be released on 21 April 2018.

Discography

*''Addiction'' (2006) *''Dark Passenger'' (2010) *''

'' (2016) *''Back to Hell'' (2018) *''In These Dark Places'' (2023)

References

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