The Filthy Tongues
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = The Filthy Tongues
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| origin = Edinburgh, Scotland
| genre = Alternative rock; gothic blues{{cite web|url=http://music-news.com/review/UK/13111/Interview/The-Filthy-Tongues|title=The Filthy Tongues - Music News|last=Welsh|first=Andrew|date=8 March 2018|accessdate=9 March 2018}}
| years_active = {{start date|2005}}–present
| label = Circular, Neon Tetra, Blokshok
| associated_acts = Angelfish, Goodbye Mr Mackenzie
| website = {{URL|www.filthytongues.com}}
| current_members = Martin Metcalfe
Derek Kelly
Fin Wilson
| past_members = Stacey Chavis
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The Filthy Tongues are an alternative rock group from Edinburgh, Scotland, made up of Martin Metcalfe, Fin Wilson and Derek Kelly, who were previously members of Goodbye Mr Mackenzie and Angelfish alongside Shirley Manson. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.list.co.uk/article/19061-isa-and-the-filthy-tongues-addiction/|title=Isa & The Filthy Tongues - 'Addiction'|last=Strong|first=Martin|date=22 July 2009|publisher=The List}}{{cite web|url=http://17seconds.co.uk/blog/2009/07/20/album-review-isa-the-filthy-tongues-re-issue/|title=Album Review: Isa & the Filthy Tongues (re-issue)|date=20 July 2009|publisher=17 seconds}}{{cite web|url=http://www.drunkenwerewolf.com/interviews/interview-isa-the-filthy-tongues/|title=Interview: Isa & The Filthy Tongues|date=1 April 2009|publisher=DrunkenWerewolf}}
Dark Passenger came out through Neon Tetra Records in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.list.co.uk/article/24220-isa-and-the-filthy-tongues-dark-passenger/|title=Isa & the Filthy Tongues - Dark Passenger|date=10 March 2010|publisher=The List}}{{cite web|url=http://www.buzzinmusic.co.uk/dark-passenger-isa-the-filthy-tongues-album-review/2225|title=Dark Passenger – Isa & The Filthy Tongues – Album Review|last=Williams|first=John|date=8 March 2010|publisher=Buzzin Music|accessdate=8 March 2018}} Scotland on Sunday compared Metcalfe's performance on "Beautiful Girl" to the Sensational Alex Harvey Band.{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/album-review-isa-and-the-filthy-tongues-1-473536|title=Album review: Isa and the Filthy Tongues|date=24 January 2010|work=The Scotsman|publisher=The Scotsman|accessdate=8 March 2018}}
Isa & The Filthy Tongues contributed the song "Big Star" to the film Spread, directed by fellow Scot David Mackenzie and starring Ashton Kutcher and Anne Heche.{{cite web|url=http://www.what-song.com/Movies/Soundtrack/725/Spread|title=Spread (2009) Soundtrack and Complete List of Songs|website=What-song}} They also contributed five songs including the title track to the film New Town Killers directed by Richard Jobson, who co-wrote the song and also sings on "New Town Killers".{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183908/soundtrack|title=New Town Killers (2008)|publisher=|via=www.imdb.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/10-tracks-you-have-to-hear-this-week-starring-the-chapman-family-bloc-party-gallows-772385|title=10 Tracks You Have To Hear This Week - Starring The Chapman Family, Bloc Party, Gallows|date=6 April 2009|work=NME|accessdate=11 March 2018}}
Current lineup
In 2014, The Filthy Tongues (appearing without Chavis), released a track titled "Lethe Walks" on YouTube.{{cite web|url=http://blokshokrecords.co.uk/filthy-tongues-release-lethe-walks/|title=The Filthy Tongues release Lethe Walks - Blokshok Records|date=17 October 2014|publisher=}} 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 Paul Hullah.{{cite web|url=https://www.edinburghpalette.co.uk/book-release-martin-metcalfes-paintings/|title=Martin Metcalfe's paintings|date=11 October 2014|publisher=Edinburgh Palette|accessdate=8 March 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://louderthanwar.com/filthy-tongues-jacobs-ladder-album-review/|title=The Filthy Tongues: Jacob's Ladder- album review|last=Ironside|first=Gus|date=13 March 2016|accessdate=8 March 2018}}
In 2016, the Filthy Tongues released their first album Jacob's Ladder, named after a staircase cut into Calton Hill in Edinburgh. The Scotsman compared the title track with the work of Nick Cave.{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/music/album-reviews-iggy-pop-jeff-buckley-the-filthy-tongues-1-4064116|title=Album reviews: Iggy Pop Jeff Buckley The Filthy Tongues|date=14 March 2016|work=The Scotsman|accessdate=11 March 2018}} The Filthy Tongues toured in 2017 with the Skids,{{cite web|url=http://invernessgigs.co.uk/2017/10/07/the-skids-inverness-images/|title=The Skids, 4/10/2017 – Images|last=Burns|first=Sarah|date=7 October 2017|accessdate=11 March 2018}} and Metcalfe and Kelly contributed to writing four songs on the 2018 Skids' album Burning Cities{{cite web|url=http://www.45worlds.com/vinyl/album/nb3lp|title=Vinyl Album - Skids - Burning Cities - Nobad - UK|accessdate=11 March 2018}} which reached number 28 in the charts.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20180119/7502/|title=Official Albums Chart Top 100|work=Official Charts Company|accessdate=11 March 2018}}
Local football club Hibernian F.C. used the song "Holy Brothers" to launch their Hibernian Reborn campaign in season 2017–18.{{cite web|url=http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/7605|title=Hibernian Reborn Holy Brothers Soundtrack|date=15 June 2017|accessdate=11 March 2018}} A new Filthy Tongues album entitled Back To Hell is due to be released on 21 April 2018.{{cite web|url=http://music-news.com/review/UK/13111/Interview/The-Filthy-Tongues|title=The Filthy Tongues - Music News|publisher=Music-News.com|accessdate=11 March 2018}}
Discography
- Addiction (2006)
- Dark Passenger (2010)
- Jacob's Ladder (2016)
- Back to Hell (2018)
- In These Dark Places (2023)
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