We chose to take a different approach to the artwork and have used an iconic photo by a very iconic photographer called Gavin Watson. Gavin was the inspiration behind Shane Meadows’ ‘This Is England,’ and working with him was a dream come true.” Paige’s energy is all over the record. The whole band actually wrote a song on the album for Paige - it’s called Can’t Kill the Summer and I’m sure she loves it from wherever she is. The artwork utilises a photograph by Gavin Watson, whose images of Thatcher-era Britain capture a fragmented nation. Callum explains:

I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the album release – hanging out with fans, playing old favourites and new stuff from the album and just having a party in this beautiful room overlooking Glasgow.”

I grew up in a post Thatcher Britain, in a fairly rough part of Scotland, raised by my dad, and experienced the poverty and roughness of those times first hand,” he comments. “Culturally, it was a very specific period in history, where you could almost feel the class divide on the local streets. I feel strongly that we are moving towards a culturally similar period in history.”

Get all the latest Glasgow news and headlines sent straight to your inbox twice a day by signing up to our free newsletter.Callum and Dave have helped make her dream of releasing a single come true with a song on the album written for Paige. The performances will take place on Tuesday, November 1 2022, with gig times at 7:30pm and 9:30pm, lasting for an hour each. Each to their own, but I write for myself and those are the songs I want to record and release. If 22 writers have been roped in by some exec to come up with a song, that’s not something I want to put out. Collaborating and evolving songs with my band and friends is very different.” Because Callum Beattie is entirely his own man, and determined to blaze his own trail, following in no-one’s footsteps.