Lightships

The story

Lightships is the recording name chosen by Scottish musician Gerard Love, the songwriter and bassist from alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub, for his solo work. The first album, Electric Cables, was released in 2012 on the Domino imprint Geographic. Other musicians on the album includes a cast of Love's Glasgow-based friends: Dave McGowan (guitar, Teenage Fanclub), Brendan O’Hare (drums, from the first incarnation of Teenage Fanclub), Tom Crossley (flute, International Airport and The Pastels) and Bob Kildea (bass, Belle and Sebastian).

From Last.fm, written by its listeners.

Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.

Watch

Tap the heart on the board while a song plays and it lands here. Listeners who keep their listening private are counted, never named.

Records

• Every Blossom (Sonic Boom Remix) · 2012 · Single · compilation
• Two Lines (Raf Daddy Remix) · 2012 · Single · compilation

Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Members

• Tom Crossley
• Bobby Kildea
• Gerard Love
• Jim McCulloch
• Dave McGowan
• Brendan O’Hare
• Bob Kildea

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with Lightships in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with Lightships in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like Lightships

• The Beatlessame scene: indie, GB
• The Curesame scene: indie, GB
• Radioheadsame scene: indie, GB
• Depeche Modesame scene: indie, GB
• The Prodigysame scene: indie, GB
• Elton Johnsame scene: indie, GB
• Musesame scene: indie, GB
• Coldplaysame scene: indie, GB
• Blursame scene: indie, GB
• Iron Maidensame scene: indie, GB
• Arctic Monkeyssame scene: indie, GB
• Dua Lipasame scene: indie, GB

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Lightships’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.