The MANDRAKES

A tribute page dedicated to the late, great manDRAKES Bask with us on the crunchy, summer rooftop shell; bask with us; all the while dripdripdripping down below us, under us, within us

A ruffled melancholic sanctuary of love, loss and focused 'bewilderment'.

In a pale marble movie, slowly syphoned from the Glasgow City streets (love them, they may cradle you some day.). And then somehow the partyline.

And so it goes.

Keep your ears to the ground".



'Ask any A&R man for advice on how to make it big in the music business and they will most certainly reply with the following answer: write hit records. Easier said than done you may say, but as the manDRAKES opened their set at a typically smoky Nice'n'Sleazy's, opening song 'The Camel Tree', suggests that The manDRAKES have one in their armoury. A brilliantly written track about everyday life that lyrically flattens the listener whilst lifting them up with a soaring melody line at the same time.'



John Peel