# Wrest > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wrest > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wrest.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrest > Source revision: 1332552814 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Scottish folk rock band}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Use British English|date=April 2024}} {{About|the Scottish band|the pseudonym of musician Jef Whitehead|Leviathan (band)|the English country estate|Wrest Park}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Wrest | image = Wrest Thekla 060424.jpg | caption = Wrest playing at [The Thekla](/source/The_Thekla), Bristol in April 2024 | landscape = yes | origin = [Dumfries](/source/Dumfries) and [Falkirk](/source/Falkirk), Scotland | genre = [Folk rock](/source/Folk_rock), [Indie rock](/source/Indie_rock), [indie folk](/source/indie_folk){{cite news |last1=McBay |first1=Nadine |title=No Wrest for the wicked as 'hobby band' sell out several shows |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/17837618.no-wrest-wicked-hobby-band-sell-several-shows/ |access-date=7 April 2024 |publisher=The National |date=15 August 2019}} | years_active = 2017–present | label = | current_members = Stewart Douglas
Stephen Whipp
Craig Robertson
Jonny Tait | website = {{url|https://wrest.band}} }} '''Wrest''' are a Scottish [folk rock](/source/folk_rock) band, formed in 2017. Singer and guitarist Stewart Douglas hails from [Falkirk](/source/Falkirk), whilst the remaining members are from [Dumfries](/source/Dumfries); the band is now based in Edinburgh. The band is unsigned and release their own music; they set up their own promotions company to book shows which now manages bookings for many other acts in the UK.{{cite web |title=Unsigned band wrest sell out 2,000 capacity Barrowland Ballroom |url=https://www.whatsonglasgow.co.uk/news/2024/09/12/unsigned-band-wrest-sell-out-2,000-capacity-barrowland-ballroom/ |website=What's On Glasgow |access-date=5 October 2024}} They have released three full-length albums and a number of EPs and singles. == History == Wrest released their first single "Adventurers", in 2017. Two further singles, "Hope Springs" and "Human" followed, the latter being placed by [Spotify](/source/Spotify) on playlists which widened the band's reach, prior to the release of debut album ''Coward of us All'' in 2019.{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Matt |title=NEWS: Wrest @ The Georgian Theatre |url=https://narcmagazine.com/news-wrest-the-georgian-theatre/ |website=NARC |access-date=5 October 2024}} Despite a number of fine reviews, including being named "Scotland's best new band" by the ''Border Telegraph''{{cite news |last1=Knox |first1=David |title=Wrest assured of Scotland's best new band coming to Gala |url=https://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/18055953.wrest-assured-scotlands-best-new-band-coming-gala/ |access-date=5 October 2024 |publisher=Border Telegraph |ref=BORT}} the band's plans were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which cancelled nearly all their shows for 18 months. The band used the time to record a second album, ''End All The Days''. and toured it across the UK and Europe for the next two years, including sold-out shows in the UK - such as Edinburgh's 900-capacity [Queen's Hall](/source/Queen's_Hall%2C_Edinburgh) and [Glasgow Garage](/source/The_Garage%2C_Glasgow) - as well as places such as Berlin, Hamburg and Dusseldorf.{{cite news |last1=Blackburn |first1=Julie |title=Wrest play Peel |url=https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/entertainment/wrest-play-peel-after-two-year-europe-tour-669060 |access-date=5 October 2024 |publisher=Isle of Man Today |date=1 March 2024}} In 2024 the band released their third album, ''Everything's Nothing Forever Again'', and culminated a tour by selling out Glasgow's 1,900-capacity [Barrowland Ballroom](/source/Barrowland_Ballroom). Douglas commented that "Opportunities like headlining Barrowlands simply would not be available to us if we were relying on promoters and industry backing." In 2025, the band played their biggest show to date, at the 2,200 capacity [Usher Hall](/source/Usher_Hall) in Edinburgh.{{cite web |title=Wrest - Usher Hall |url=https://cultureedinburgh.com/events/wrest?ref=edinburghminute.com |website=Culture Edinburgh |access-date=12 January 2026}} == Discography == All music is self-released.{{cite web |title=Wrest |url=https://wrest.bandcamp.com/music |website=Bandcamp |access-date=7 April 2024}} === Albums === *''Coward of Us All'' (2019) *''End All The Days'' (2022) *''Everything's Nothing Forever Again'' (2024) ===EPs=== *''A World That Has Left You Unspoken'' (2020) *''Bedtime Rhymes'' (2023) === Singles=== *"Adventurers" (2017) *"Hope Springs" (2018) *"Human" (2019) *"A Perfectly Spherical World" (2020) *"Blood" (2020) *"Second Wind" (2021) *"Medicine" (2021) *"Bold" (2021) == Members == * Stewart Douglas - vocals, guitar * Stephen Whipp - guitar * Craig Robertson - bass guitar * Jonny Tait - drums ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://www.instagram.com/wearewrest Instagram page] * [https://www.pcnmagazine.uk/edinburghs-wrest-play-to-a-packed-100-club-in-london/ A live review of the band at London's 100 Club] {{authority control}} Category:Scottish folk rock groups Category:Scottish indie pop groups Category:Scottish indie rock groups Category:British indie folk groups Category:Musical groups established in 2017 Category:2017 establishments in Scotland --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Wrest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrest) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrest?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.