Maculate Conceptions by Francis Macdonald

12 instrumentals recorded on a bus and in hotel rooms throughout Europe in Nov/Dec 2010 - recorded an mixed entirely on GarageBand on a MacBook.

This album was recorded while on tour with Teenage Fanclub. Francis drums with TFC and runs Shoeshine Records/Spit & Polish in Glasgow. He manages Camera Obscura, The Vaselines and Attic Lights.

He has released two previous solo albums: Nice Man "Sauchiehall & Hope ( A Pop Opera)" and Nice Man And The Bad Boys "The Art Of Hanging Out".

Other artists with whom Francis has worked include Aaron Wright, BMX Bandits, Laura Cantrell, Belle & Sebastian, Robert Forster, Ian McCulloch, Michael Shelley, Kim Fowley, Eddie Tenpole Tudor, Radio Sweethearts, Ben Vaughn, Dan Penn, Max Richter, John Herald and Alex Chilton.

His music has popped up in TV/film/ads in the UK, US and Asia.

Francis likes Bob Dylan, David Sedaris and The Moth. And bad puns.

http://www.Twitter.com/FranMacdonald
www.shoeshine.co.uk

Tracklist

1.	Bremen	4:46

2.	Aarhus	2:34

3.	Oslo	2:36

4.	Paris	1:05

5.	Helsinki	2:54

6.	Gothenburg 2	2:07

7.	Aarhus 2	3:56

8.	Croatia	3:23

9.	Toulouse-Barcelona	1:25

10.	Paris 3	2:28

11.	Malmo	2:22

12.	Weissenhauser 2	3:08

Credits

released March 21, 2011

All tracks written and produced by Francis Macdonald.

Artwork by Francis Macdonald, created on Evernote.

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