The Last Battle

The Last Battle were a Scottish alternative indie folk band, who formed in Edinburgh in 2009 around the songs of singer/songwriter Scott Longmuir. Their name derives from a C.S Lewis novel. They released two albums, Heart of the Land, Soul of the Sea (2010) and Lay Your Burden Down (2014). Early history In early 2009, after the disbandment of their old group, singer/songwriter Scott Longmuir and bassist Paul Barrett decided to take a D.I.Y. approach to making music, and began recording in Barrett's small one bedroom flat, utilising his bathroom, hallway and living room as live space, and asking people who could play traditional instruments such as cello, glockenspiel and ukulele, to play on the recordings. Following the rise in popularity of similar Scottish Alternative Folk artists such as Frightened Rabbit, they began sending demo's out to independent record labels. Upon receiving A&R interest, the pair decided to put a band together to play the songs live. Barrett asked partner Flora MacKay - who had played on the initial demos - to join them on cello full time, whilst Longmuir brought in his partner Ella Duncan on glockenspiel, her sister Arwen on backing vocals and close friend Daniel Barnett on acoustic guitar. Later, an old high school friend, Liam O'Hare, was asked to join on percussion.