The Long Play Sessions hosts Grant McPhee for a talk & signing celebrating Scene Within A Scene & how Scotland rebuilt its musical landscape

In the follow-up to Postcards From Scotland, Grant McPhee tells the story of how Scotland reinvented its musical identity during the 1990s. As the celebrated indie boom of the 1980s faded, record labels collapsed, rave culture dominated, and guitar music faced an uncertain future.

Out of this period of upheaval emerged a bold new wave of artists. Rejecting the familiar jangle-pop sound, these bands drew inspiration from anarcho-punk, hardcore, no-wave and post-punk pioneers, forging a more adventurous and uncompromising musical landscape. Influenced by bands such as Big Flame, A Witness, The Mackenzies, Josef K and Fire Engines, they helped redefine what Scottish independent music could be.

Scene Within a Scene charts this remarkable period of reinvention, exploring the rise of influential labels including Chemikal Underground and the emergence of many of Scotland's most celebrated independent bands. Richly researched and full of first-hand insight, it is an essential account of one of the most creative chapters in Scottish music history.

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