The Scottish Enlightenment – Fingers (Video Premiere)

It’s been eight years since The Scottish Enlightenment released their debut album St Thomas, but the four-piece are back with their follow-up, Potato Flower, set for release on 1 June via Glasgow-based Armellodie Records.

The latest single to be taken from Potato Flower, Fingers has a super laid-back jangly groove akin to Pavement but with a bit of a nod in the intro and outro to the sample work of Public Service Broadcasting. "Fingers came out of a hillwalking conversation, and I'm not sure I'd ascribe to the central idea – maybe to an extent,” explains frontman David Moyes. “But the song is sort of testing out the idea that there's a basic isolation in people, and I think there's some truth in it.

“Musically, it's that slovenly Pavement-y guitar thing, and a feeling of resignation which I think responds to the lyrics – we're alone, might as well accept it and try to make sense of it. I'm not the most conscientious person, so the feeling of giving up has a sort of comfortable familiarity. I think this song sits alongside some of our previous work like Pascal, Get My Limousine, To the Dogs – y'know, knackered pop songs about falling short."

The Skinny are delighted to be premiering the music video for Fingers, which you can watch in the player above or on YouTube.

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Potato Flower by The Scottish Enlightenment is released on 1 Jun via Armellodie and available to pre-order here