| Futuristic Retro Champions | |
| Origin: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Genre: | Electropop |
| Years Active: | 2006–2011 |
| Current Members: | Sita Pieraccini Carla Easton Harry Weeks Cecilia Stamp |
| Past Members: | Luke Fletcher Dan O'Neill Adam Scott |
Futuristic Retro Champions were a Scottish indie band from Edinburgh and Glasgow from 2006-2011.
Futuristic Retro Champions played their debut public gig at Edinburgh's Wee Red Bar in 2006, having met as students at Edinburgh College of Art.[1]
On 21 October 2010, the band announced on Facebook and Twitter the December launch (at shows in Glasgow and Edinburgh) of a "Retrospective" album featuring all songs recorded to date; and also that they would "... not be continuing into 2011." Then on 20 November, another announcement said bassist Ceal had suffered a shattered elbow, and the farewell/album party gigs would have to be postponed until 2011.
Their 26-track, 2-CD debut/retrospective album 'Love And Lemonade' was released in April 2011.[2] [3]
Interviewed in the Jez Curnow movie The Art School Dance,[4] Carla Easton revealed that she and her brother were in a school contest to coin "the best band name", and Futuristic Retro Champions is what they arrived at. Easton decided that if ever she were in a band, that would be its name.