Isa & the Filthy Tongues

Isa & the Filthy Tongues are an alternative rock group originating from Edinburgh, Scotland, made up of Stacey Chavis, Martin Metcalfe, Fin Wilson and Derek Kelly. Metcalfe, Wilson and Kelly were previously members of Goodbye Mr Mackenzie and Angelfish alongside Shirley Manson. The band released 2 albums, Addiction through Circular Records in May 2006 and Dark Passenger through Neon Tetra Records in 2010.^[1][2] They were named as the best unsigned band by Rob da Bank on BBC Radio 1 in April 2005, by Karmadownload.com and won best new band on BBC Radio Scotland three weeks in a row.^[3]

The band contributed the song "Big Star" to the film Spread, directed by fellow Scot David Mackenzie and starring Ashton Kutcher and Anne Heche.^[4] They also contributed 5 songs including the title track to the film New Town Killers directed by Richard Jobson.^[5]

In 2014, as The Filthy Tongues (appearing without Stacey Chavis), they released an electro track titled "Lethe Walks" on YouTube.^[6] This track, along with 2 others, was released in a special limited edition 10" vinyl, as a promo tool for SCENES a book of paintings/poetry by Martin Metcalfe and Paul Hullah.^[7]

In 2016, the Filthy Tongues released their first album Jacob's Ladder, named after a staircase cut into Calton Hill in Edinburgh. It received much praise from the Scottish music press.

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