The Tenementals
@tenementals.bsky.social
Debut album, 'Glasgow: A History (Vol. I of VI) out now! Check out the video for the opening track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FffdSfynIBc. And check out our website for more info, merch etc. www.tenementals.com
We have top quality screen prints of our single and album artwork - circa 12'', ltd edition. £20 each, 3 for £50 (plus p&p).
1) Glasgow: A History of (Vol. I of VI)
2) Peat Bog Soldiers
3) Te recuerdo Amanda
4) A Passion Flower's Lament (all gone, sorry)
5) The Owl of Minerva
6) Peter Pike or Pink
1) Glasgow: A History of (Vol. I of VI)
2) Peat Bog Soldiers
3) Te recuerdo Amanda
4) A Passion Flower's Lament (all gone, sorry)
5) The Owl of Minerva
6) Peter Pike or Pink
November 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
We have top quality screen prints of our single and album artwork - circa 12'', ltd edition. £20 each, 3 for £50 (plus p&p).
1) Glasgow: A History of (Vol. I of VI)
2) Peat Bog Soldiers
3) Te recuerdo Amanda
4) A Passion Flower's Lament (all gone, sorry)
5) The Owl of Minerva
6) Peter Pike or Pink
1) Glasgow: A History of (Vol. I of VI)
2) Peat Bog Soldiers
3) Te recuerdo Amanda
4) A Passion Flower's Lament (all gone, sorry)
5) The Owl of Minerva
6) Peter Pike or Pink
"I look forward to The Tenementals ... producing ever more experimental records, and more importantly, becoming a fixture on Glasgow’s dancefloors and beyond. I, and many others, hope that that is where the revolution might begin." Many thanks to @callumsutherland.bsky.social for the review!
November 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"I look forward to The Tenementals ... producing ever more experimental records, and more importantly, becoming a fixture on Glasgow’s dancefloors and beyond. I, and many others, hope that that is where the revolution might begin." Many thanks to @callumsutherland.bsky.social for the review!
Happy Birthday to our debut album! Released on 22 November, 2024. Get it in someone's Christmas stocking - and get it straight from our website.
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Happy Birthday to our debut album! Released on 22 November, 2024. Get it in someone's Christmas stocking - and get it straight from our website.
We were at the Music and/as Process Conference at Napier University yesterday, presenting '21 Theses on The Tenementals #4' Many thanks to everyone who came along. Get in touch if you want the band to talk at your organisation about how we create a history of Glasgow in songs! 📷 Alistair J. Mclean
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We were at the Music and/as Process Conference at Napier University yesterday, presenting '21 Theses on The Tenementals #4' Many thanks to everyone who came along. Get in touch if you want the band to talk at your organisation about how we create a history of Glasgow in songs! 📷 Alistair J. Mclean
We're saddened to hear of the death of Elspeth King who was instrumental in creating a radical history of Glasgow in many forms. She's in the shot, about 60 seconds in, with phone in hand (next to @lostglasgow.bsky.social's Norry Wilson). Go well, Elspeth. You will not be forgotten.
November 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We're saddened to hear of the death of Elspeth King who was instrumental in creating a radical history of Glasgow in many forms. She's in the shot, about 60 seconds in, with phone in hand (next to @lostglasgow.bsky.social's Norry Wilson). Go well, Elspeth. You will not be forgotten.
We popped into the @uofglasgow.bsky.social shop as they'd sold out their supply of our debut album and needed to restock. It's one of many places that you can pick up the album but you can also order it direct from our website. Now is the time to get your festive orders in! tenementals.com/merch
October 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
We popped into the @uofglasgow.bsky.social shop as they'd sold out their supply of our debut album and needed to restock. It's one of many places that you can pick up the album but you can also order it direct from our website. Now is the time to get your festive orders in! tenementals.com/merch
Check out The Collective, a new short film directed by Beth Johnston and Daniel Archibald. Special mention to Phoebe for impeccable costume design when developing the attire for Jade McDonald and the futuristic band of rocking revolutionaries! www.youtube.com/watch?v=49BK...
October 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Check out The Collective, a new short film directed by Beth Johnston and Daniel Archibald. Special mention to Phoebe for impeccable costume design when developing the attire for Jade McDonald and the futuristic band of rocking revolutionaries! www.youtube.com/watch?v=49BK...
All the best to Eirene, Hugo and all at Havana Glasgow Film Festival as they launch their special 10th anniversary programme. The festival runs from 11-16 November and has a smashing line-up of screenings and events. Get it checked out!
October 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
All the best to Eirene, Hugo and all at Havana Glasgow Film Festival as they launch their special 10th anniversary programme. The festival runs from 11-16 November and has a smashing line-up of screenings and events. Get it checked out!
Why have a Bridge over the River Kwai when you can have a Craw over the Kelvin Bridge
October 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Why have a Bridge over the River Kwai when you can have a Craw over the Kelvin Bridge
RIP Diane Keaton. Here she is smoking fags and looking cool in 'Reds', Hollywood's Russian Revolution meets Love Story epic drama. It was directed by Beatty and scripted by the British Marxist, Trevor Griffiths. It's open to all sorts of critiques, but it's worth a watch in her honour, for sure.
October 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
RIP Diane Keaton. Here she is smoking fags and looking cool in 'Reds', Hollywood's Russian Revolution meets Love Story epic drama. It was directed by Beatty and scripted by the British Marxist, Trevor Griffiths. It's open to all sorts of critiques, but it's worth a watch in her honour, for sure.
Tickets to see Kreftwerk at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall sold out rapid this morning- countless punters queued for ages and left empty-handed. Fast forward a few hours and corporate touts/scumbags Viagogo are selling them for over twice the face value. What are you doing about it, Glasgow Life?
October 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Tickets to see Kreftwerk at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall sold out rapid this morning- countless punters queued for ages and left empty-handed. Fast forward a few hours and corporate touts/scumbags Viagogo are selling them for over twice the face value. What are you doing about it, Glasgow Life?
High Noon, Thursday 9 October, David and Simon will be live on Radio Buena Vida for a one-hour special with Morag Ramsay to discuss our songs, history and how they fit together. In discussing our influences, we say that we ‘surf our sonic unconscious’. What’s all that about? Tune in and find out!
October 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
High Noon, Thursday 9 October, David and Simon will be live on Radio Buena Vida for a one-hour special with Morag Ramsay to discuss our songs, history and how they fit together. In discussing our influences, we say that we ‘surf our sonic unconscious’. What’s all that about? Tune in and find out!
“If I can’t dance I don’t want to be part of your revolution” Emma Goldman
What a wonderful day at St Andrew's University Music Department yesterday exploring 'People Make Places' in discussion and performance. We ended the day with a few people on the floor to 'Rats'. Thanks to everyone involved!
What a wonderful day at St Andrew's University Music Department yesterday exploring 'People Make Places' in discussion and performance. We ended the day with a few people on the floor to 'Rats'. Thanks to everyone involved!
October 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“If I can’t dance I don’t want to be part of your revolution” Emma Goldman
What a wonderful day at St Andrew's University Music Department yesterday exploring 'People Make Places' in discussion and performance. We ended the day with a few people on the floor to 'Rats'. Thanks to everyone involved!
What a wonderful day at St Andrew's University Music Department yesterday exploring 'People Make Places' in discussion and performance. We ended the day with a few people on the floor to 'Rats'. Thanks to everyone involved!
£4500 raised for Doctors without Borders last night in Kinross. Many thanks to the organisers (Jane & KLEO), to all the great acts we shared a stage with, and to the audience for being so generous! Next stop - St. Andrews Uni Music Dep't, Sat 4 Oct, for a day of talks and performance. Free entry!
September 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
£4500 raised for Doctors without Borders last night in Kinross. Many thanks to the organisers (Jane & KLEO), to all the great acts we shared a stage with, and to the audience for being so generous! Next stop - St. Andrews Uni Music Dep't, Sat 4 Oct, for a day of talks and performance. Free entry!
Two Tenementals benefit gigs this week - Wednesday in Glasgow for Honorary Scotians, Friday in Kinross for Doctors Without Borders. We’ll be playing a full set at both (and we're on last). Both start at 7pm. Here’s some words from David. Come along and help us spread the word!
September 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Two Tenementals benefit gigs this week - Wednesday in Glasgow for Honorary Scotians, Friday in Kinross for Doctors Without Borders. We’ll be playing a full set at both (and we're on last). Both start at 7pm. Here’s some words from David. Come along and help us spread the word!
Govan Old Parish Church has an extraordinary collection of medieval burial stones which are more than well worth visiting- and a great shop which is now stocking our album, on CD and vinyl. Swing by!
September 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Govan Old Parish Church has an extraordinary collection of medieval burial stones which are more than well worth visiting- and a great shop which is now stocking our album, on CD and vinyl. Swing by!
Many thanks to Zara and the @uofglasgow.bsky.social staff who helped host The Tenementals Listening Post for Glasgow Doors Open Day this afternoon. Thanks to those who bought records, CDs, t-shirt and/or signed up to our mailing list. The biggest draw on the day was, of course, The Tenementalsauras
September 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Many thanks to Zara and the @uofglasgow.bsky.social staff who helped host The Tenementals Listening Post for Glasgow Doors Open Day this afternoon. Thanks to those who bought records, CDs, t-shirt and/or signed up to our mailing list. The biggest draw on the day was, of course, The Tenementalsauras
Three years tonight we performed our first full gig! Stephen Sheriff, the then Director of Glasgow Doors Open Day Festival programmed us to play Glasgow Trades Hall. We were super-chuffed to be awarded 'Outstanding Event of the Festival' award a few weeks later. Were you there?
September 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Three years tonight we performed our first full gig! Stephen Sheriff, the then Director of Glasgow Doors Open Day Festival programmed us to play Glasgow Trades Hall. We were super-chuffed to be awarded 'Outstanding Event of the Festival' award a few weeks later. Were you there?
September 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
People Make Glasgow!
A night of poetry, comedy & music hosted by Honorary Scotians, a charity which integrates new Glaswegians into the city
Wed 24 Sep, 7-10pm. FREE. Book a space at the e-mail below. We are on last - and we're playing a full set. See you there! open.spotify.com/track/7x7caJ...
A night of poetry, comedy & music hosted by Honorary Scotians, a charity which integrates new Glaswegians into the city
Wed 24 Sep, 7-10pm. FREE. Book a space at the e-mail below. We are on last - and we're playing a full set. See you there! open.spotify.com/track/7x7caJ...
September 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
People Make Glasgow!
A night of poetry, comedy & music hosted by Honorary Scotians, a charity which integrates new Glaswegians into the city
Wed 24 Sep, 7-10pm. FREE. Book a space at the e-mail below. We are on last - and we're playing a full set. See you there! open.spotify.com/track/7x7caJ...
A night of poetry, comedy & music hosted by Honorary Scotians, a charity which integrates new Glaswegians into the city
Wed 24 Sep, 7-10pm. FREE. Book a space at the e-mail below. We are on last - and we're playing a full set. See you there! open.spotify.com/track/7x7caJ...
Thanks to whoever created a Spotify playlist for Die Moorsoldaten. Our full-length German-language version sits astride some celebrated performers – Luke Kelly and The Dubliners, Pete Seeger, Hans Wader, Paul Robeson, Ernst Butsch, Choir of the GDR People’s Army!
open.spotify.com/track/1ph3Ck...
open.spotify.com/track/1ph3Ck...
September 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Thanks to whoever created a Spotify playlist for Die Moorsoldaten. Our full-length German-language version sits astride some celebrated performers – Luke Kelly and The Dubliners, Pete Seeger, Hans Wader, Paul Robeson, Ernst Butsch, Choir of the GDR People’s Army!
open.spotify.com/track/1ph3Ck...
open.spotify.com/track/1ph3Ck...
Free symposium @uniofstandrews.bsky.social - 4 October.
People Make Places: Popular Music and Scottish Urban Identity
"The heart of the project is The Tenementals, who tell the story of Glasgow in music. How might popular music contribute to community-building in the east of Scotland?"
People Make Places: Popular Music and Scottish Urban Identity
"The heart of the project is The Tenementals, who tell the story of Glasgow in music. How might popular music contribute to community-building in the east of Scotland?"
September 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Free symposium @uniofstandrews.bsky.social - 4 October.
People Make Places: Popular Music and Scottish Urban Identity
"The heart of the project is The Tenementals, who tell the story of Glasgow in music. How might popular music contribute to community-building in the east of Scotland?"
People Make Places: Popular Music and Scottish Urban Identity
"The heart of the project is The Tenementals, who tell the story of Glasgow in music. How might popular music contribute to community-building in the east of Scotland?"
Congratulations to the Village Hotel Strikers who announced on the picket line yesterday that they've secured a major victory on pay and conditions. This is the first British hotel strike in 46 years and it's a historic and significant win for the young workers. They are an inspiration to all of us!
August 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Congratulations to the Village Hotel Strikers who announced on the picket line yesterday that they've secured a major victory on pay and conditions. This is the first British hotel strike in 46 years and it's a historic and significant win for the young workers. They are an inspiration to all of us!
Here's looking at you, kid. We put together a fifty-minute montage of film clips for Elder Park Festival. We'd be interested to hear the thoughts of those who were there. So, if you fall into that category, add a comment below, or send us a message. Thanks! Photo: @sturmyarcher3.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Here's looking at you, kid. We put together a fifty-minute montage of film clips for Elder Park Festival. We'd be interested to hear the thoughts of those who were there. So, if you fall into that category, add a comment below, or send us a message. Thanks! Photo: @sturmyarcher3.bsky.social