Curiosity Shop release debut single ‘Crows’

Edinburgh based alt-folk five-piece Curiosity Shop today announce their signing to Fontana Records and release their debut single ‘Crows’.

‘Crows’ came together in its earliest form in the very fledgling stages of the band’s conception, written when songwriters Ruairidh Wallace and Sonny Scott were teenagers living in rural Campbelltown on the Scottish peninsula of Kintyre. The pair spent their teenage years honing their craft and writing songs together, later moving to Edinburgh to study music where they formed friendships with drummer Duncan Biggar, bassist Louis Taige and Yann McAuley – a versatile instrumentalist, whose talents span accordion, flute, keys & harmonium.

Of ‘Crows’, the band explain, “Crows is a really important song to us, not least because it was one of the first Ruairidh and Sonny wrote together, but it was also one of the first we played as a group. Since we started playing gigs it has been hard to pull it from the no.1 spot on our setlist, the accapella start also serves as our pre-show warm up routine (followed by a series of all important hugs). Naturally, this song felt right as our first release.”

Listen to Crows here.

Curiosity Shop is a five piece alt-folk band, each from a different corner of Scotland. In contrast with their rainy, dark and rural upbringings, their music is bright and full of life. Drawing from singer/songwriter influences, they also tap into the worlds of folk, jazz and trad. Their unique sound is defined by their use of warm vocal harmonies and acoustic instrumentation featuring acoustic guitar, double bass and accordion. You will find them distinctive, yet comfortingly familiar.

Since forming in early 2024, Curiosity Shop have performed at venues around Scotland, selling out their first four headline shows across Glasgow and Edinburgh in March this year with no music released. They supported alt-country darlings Divorce on tour across the UK in late 2025. They will appear at festivals across the UK and Europe this summer, including Gent Jazz Festival, Deershed, Mosely Folk Festival and Left Of The Dial. See below for full list of live dates.

Curiosity Shop live 2026

17th June – King Tuts, Glasgow
3rd July – Kelburn Garden Party, Fairlie
4th July – Gent Jazz Festival, Belgium
5th July – Deer Shed Festival, Yorkshire
31st July – Belladrum Festival, Scotland
2nd August – Wilderness Festival, Oxfordshire
12th August – Winterthurer Musikfestwochen, Switzerland
5th Sept – Moseley Folk Festival, Birmingham
6th Sept – Edinburgh Psych Festival, Edinburgh
3rd October – Twisterella Festival, Middlesborough
22nd –24th October – Left Of The Dial Festival, Holland

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