There were three men from Glasgow (or thereabouts) who decided to avoid the pitfalls of following the indie rock path and instead went along the well trodden path of prog rock. Those three men are known collectively as Scarlet Inside and their EP is called "The Fall".
And it is an interesting concoction too. In some ways, it feels is Scarlet Inside have been pulled through time to a present day where they don't quite fit for they sound like they be a seventies touring band living in and out of a bus that circles Europe whilst they absorb local influences. Certainly influences abound in this EP. Not those of other bands however but of sounds and sonic textures from other parts of the world. Take the eastern textures in "The Fall" for example, that bring the kind of variety rarely heard in the output of a Glasgow band. You don't doubt the maturity of the participants either with "Dungeons and Fishtails" showing a near theatrical demeanour reminiscent of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band.
None of the songs here are three minute, radio friendly snapshots of ice cream and summer days but that is hardly a criticism and, while it is perhaps true that you will have to be the owner of a grey hair or two to get your head around the music of Scarlet Inside, that does not distract from the fact that "The Fall" is the work of an intelligent and committed band.