W: Peter James May

Glasgow’s newest indie-folk storytellers, Elgin and The Marbles, are set to release their debut album, The Sun Never Sets, on 6th March 2026 via The LNFG Cartel. This 12-track semi-concept record serves as a biting, satirical, and occasionally tender chronicle of a nation lurching from nostalgia to austerity. While the sound pulls threads from punk, country, and folk, the narrative perspective is refreshingly cynical—told largely through the voices of the "villains" of the era, from predatory landlords and career politicians to Jim Davidson.

The project is fronted by Callum Baird, a man who had a front-row seat to the decline he now sings about. As the former editor of The National and current editor-in-chief of the group including The Herald, Baird’s songwriting is informed by a decade on the journalistic frontline. He swaps the newsroom for the recording studio to document the "shitshow" of Brexit and the final gasps of imperial identity.

"I was on the frontline reporting for every twist and turn of these stories... the record is inspired by working through that whole shitshow."

The timing of the release is as calculated as a front-page splash. Following the recent handover of the Chagos Islands, Baird notes that the sun has officially set on the British Empire for the first time in over two centuries. The Sun Never Sets captures this historic pivot point, blending an eclectic indie-folk sensibility with the sharp-edged cynicism of a man who has seen the "broken Britain" headlines from the inside out.

"Last year, the sun finally set on the empire for the first time for more than 200 years, so it feels like the perfect time to put something like this out."