Willie Campbell & the Open Day Rotation

"Campbell rises above all other references and stakes his claim to being one of the country’s truly great pop songwriters”.
The Herald
“Campbell and MacNeil’s first single is built around the former’s chiming music box-cadence, absolutely beautiful’.
The Guardian
“There must be something in the Scottish air that inspires this sort of thing. Regardless, it’s a gorgeous, compelling listen”.
Drowned in Sound
Willie Campbell is a Scottish singer songwriter
based on the Isle of Lewis who first came to widespread
attention co-fronting
Astrid, and as a founding member
of Gary Lightbody’s Reindeer Section.
His current creative guise, The Open
Day Rotation, have released 3
critically acclaimed albums with a 4th in the works, 2008
debut, Down by the Head,
Toxic Good Toxic Bad and in 2018 New Clouds in Motion, the latter
produced by Tony Doogan (Mogwai,
Belle and Sebastian).
His single release Local Man Ruins Everything
from the collaborative album with award-winning
author Kevin MacNeil was Single of the Week
across a range of respected media including
The Guardian, The List and Steve Lamacq’s
radio show. Campbell’s other projects include Gaelic language album
'Dalma ', 'The Tumbling Souls' and "Between Islands "- a collaborate
inter-Island songwriting collective with Kris Drever and Arthur Nicolson.
Campbell signed to Nashville based Big Loud Shirt publishing in 2010.
Astrid’s 4th album “Fall Stand Dance” is out now on AED, longtime collaborator Edwyn Collin’s label.