这个乐队在独立音乐圈 中很大牌，早在1996年就成立于苏格兰格拉斯高。轻松舒畅的曲风，没有愤怒和焦躁的杂念。优雅的气质和很多苏格兰乐团一样，从他们音乐中也能再次感受到 一脉相承的城市民谣传统。歌词中体现着他们睿智狡黠和黑色的幽默，小说般的叙事方式里遍布对社会对命运的戏谑与嘲讽，看似漫不经心的念唱给人一种现实主义 的震撼。
Put a face on the world, turn your back to the wall
And you walk twenty yards with your head in the air
Down the liberty hill, where the fashion brigade
Look with curious eyes on your raggedy way
And for once in your life you have nothing to say
And could this be the time when somebody will come
To say, “look at yourself, you’re not much use to anyone”
Take a walk in the park, take a valium pill
Read the letter you got from the memory girl
But it takes more than this to make sense of the day
Yeah it takes more than milk to get rid of the taste
And you trusted to this, and you trusted to that
And when you saw it all come, it was waving the flag
Of the united states of calamity, hey!
After all that you’ve done boy, im sure you’re going to pay
In the morning you come to the ladies salon
To get all fitted out for the paperback throne
But the people are living far away from the place
Where you wanted to help, it’s a bit of a waste
And the puzzle will last till somebody will say
“there’s a lot to be done while your head is still young”
If you put down your pen, leave your worries behind
Then the moment will come, and the memory will shine
Now the trouble is over, everybody got paid
Everybody is happy, they are glad that they came
Then you go to the place where you’ve finally found
You can look at yourself sleep the clock around
转载中文翻译：
那一刻将会来到，当你沉着应对现实世界时
当你别无选择而背水一战时。
你不顾虑地走出一段路，
自由山下的时尚一族，
用好奇的眼光看着你，看着你异类的行为。
在你的生命中，只有这一次你无话沉默，
可能就在此时，有个人来对你说：
“看看你自己，你对别人毫无益处。”
吃过镇静药片，你边在公园里散着步，
边读着记忆中那个女孩的来信……
但它实际上应该比这里所描述的更加清晰，
的确这些描述几乎没什么用，
你一会相信这个，一会又相信那个，
当你都看到它们时，却有一面旗子在飘扬，
嗬，还是倒霉的美国的国旗。
伙计，毕竟这一切是你所做过的，影响会在未来出现
在早晨你来女士沙龙
为Paperback Throne做着准备
但是这些人的生活却远离正道，
你却爱莫能助，你的心白费了
直到某个人说：“趁年轻，你应该还有很多事要做”
你才从这种这种尴尬境地解脱出来。
如果你放下笔，把一切忧虑抛在脑后时，
这个时刻才会来到，你的记忆才会闪耀。
现在没有问题了，每个人都付出了
每个人都很幸福，他们很高兴他们来了
然后你去你最终找到的那地方
会看到你自己整天睡着，
整日整夜的睡着