6.0
Plays / Listener
25,640
Last.fm Listeners
1,084
Deezer Fans
Top 54%
✨ Emerging
2017
Active Since
3
Releases
Hipsway were a Scottish pop/rock band whose style has been described as 'white soul/ funk'. The band were formed in Glasgow in 1984 by ex-Altered Images guitarist Johnny McElhone on bass, and featuring Grahame Skinner (vocals), Pim Jones (guitar) and Harry Travers (drums). They were quickly signed up by Mercury Records and by 1985 had released their first album Hipsway.
— Last.fm
Why This Artist
Hipsway has 26K listeners but only 1K platform followers (ratio 24:1) — organic discovery is doing all the work. A new wave act in the sonic world of XTC and Dexys Midnight Runners.
Sounds Like
XTC · Dexys Midnight Runners · Strawberry Switchblade · The B-52's · Talking Heads
Discography
Smoke & Dreams(2018) · album
Scratch The Surface(2017) · album
Solid Gone
5:27Hipsway(2017) · album
Ask The Lord
4:08Ask The Lord (Extended Version)
5:25Bad Thing Longing
4:07Long White Car
4:34The Broken Years
3:14The Honeythief
3:09The Honeythief (Galus Mix)
4:36Tinder
5:11