Bottle of Evil is, despite sounding like a Death Metal act, a music project based on experimental electro acoustic ambient sounds overlaid with gentle harmonies.

They are two Lanarkshire (Scotland for the geographically challenged readers) musicians, Derek Bates (Evil Hand) and Steven McGilvary (Bottle of Steven). They have both been writing and performing with their own solo projects for many years, and Derek with his previous group, shoegaze noisters Genaro.

They have now finished their self-titled debut album and it's actually pretty good. Think Brian Eno meeting The  Beach Boys - hang on that's already been done with Animal Collective. Well it's actually a bit like a Scottish Animal Collective - no bad thing.

I was trying to write my thoughts but couldn't come up with a better description than the lads take on it. 'The album moves from otherworldly scores - to stripped acoustics - to layers of harmony, all whilst maintaining a cohesive sense of melody. Heavily fx driven at points, the music drifts back and forth between walls of swirling noise and the underpinning beats and emotive harmonies.'

Basically it's perfect for 'the morning after the night before'. The album is self produced and is now on sale on iTunes/eMusic.

You can check out some of their stuff on their MySpace page and they are getting a few friends together to go on tour soon.