Sunset Gun - In An Ideal World

Louise and Deirdre Rutkowski are best known for their work with This Mortal Coil, the 4AD label’s rotating studio project of the 1980s and early 1990s. They appeared on its latter two albums, ‘Filigree and Shadow’ (1986) and ‘Blood’ (1991), lending their empyreal vocals to melancholically beautiful covers of songs such as Tim Buckley’s ‘Morning Glory’ and Colourbox’s ‘Tarantula’. Both Rutkowski sisters began their musical careers in their native Glasgow when they were in their teens, providing backing and occasional main vocals to local indie outfit the Jazzateers and its follow-up Bourgie Bourgie. They then signed while Louise was still only nineteen to CBS with their next band, Sunset Gun. The sisters grew up singing songs they loved. But they wanted to write original material too, so they went looking for someone to help and found keyboardist Ross Campbell. He was blown away by their heavenly blend of voices that only sisters can have and he readily agreed to write with them. Their first demo had the majors queuing up for their signatures and they were snapped up by CBS. They released three singles and an album In an Ideal World, produced by Pete Wingfield and Bob Sargeant. Ross recalled “There was a joke doing the rounds in the city at the time that every band in Glasgow wanted to be either The Velvet Underground or Chic. Clearly we were aspiring to the later. The common thread between us was soul music.”

Sunset Gun - Be Thankful (For What You've Got)

As we’re about to find out later this evening, Glasgow based sisters Louise and Deirdre Rutkowski are best known for their work with This Mortal Coil. But before all that nonsense took place, the sisters had a short-lived career as Sunset Gun. Really this is for completists of This Mortal Coil collectors as the sister’s sugary sweet indie pop rock may not be for everyone.