Hits the Fan Records was conceived in 2006 by Marcus & Claire Mackay

Originally home to Frightened Rabbit; Hits the Fan was the platform from which they launched their critically acclaimed and much loved debut "Sing the Greys" before they got signed onto Fat Cat Records (where it was re-released) and then Atlantic.

After a 7 year itch away from the the music industry, Claire embarked on a re-opening of Hits the Fan Records doors (with the support of FR and Marcus) in order to release the long awaited debut from Kathryn Joseph.

Whilst Marcus has taken a step back from the label -he is a constant sounding board to Claire as well as keeping his ear to the ground as long time producer at The Diving Bell Lounge.

Between 2006 and 2014, Claire was a happy mix of music and non-music related activities (including event management, DJ and vintage hire business owner) - and of course there was life stuff that happened - Claire and Marcus got married in 2010, moved to the East end of Glasgow, had two boys.

Kathryn Joseph moved into the house next door to them in the East end in 2011 and three years later, after a roller coaster of life events, an empowering kickstarter campaign and a mesmorising collaboration between Marcus and Kathryn, both live and on the record, her debut album "bones you have thrown me and blood i've spilled" finally saw the light of day to critical acclaim and, to those who know her, "at last!"

In June 2015 Kathryn won Scottish Album of the Year (the SAY Award) and is now signed to Rock Action

We left a smaller gap between releases following this and, have since introduced JR Green and Lost Left

Claire and Marcus are now based in a forest in Perthshire.

CONTACT

hitsthefanrecords [at] gmail [dot] com

(distributor, UK - Proper / GAS - Indigo)