1 October 2026 – Hank Tree Make Glasgow Shimmer on New Indie-Folk Track Tagalong

Glasgow outfit Hank Tree have emerged in today's discovery pile with "Tagalong," a sweet, shimmering indie-folk track that demonstrates there are still productive things to do with acoustic textures besides recording them beside an ornamental houseplant. The song leans into warmth and melody while retaining the slightly weathered character that makes good indie folk feel lived-in rather than assembled from a lifestyle mood board.

"Tagalong"'s attraction is its restraint. Instead of treating folk instrumentation as an excuse for solemnity, Hank Tree allow the song to move lightly, creating a sense of intimacy without reducing everything to whispering. Glasgow has produced enough fiercely individual guitar music to make geographical generalisations dangerous, but the city's independent scene has always been particularly comfortable allowing melodic sweetness and emotional roughness to coexist. Hank Tree fit neatly into that tradition.

The track's inclusion in today's fresh-music selections gives the group useful discovery exposure at a moment when smaller independent releases are competing with an absurd volume of fourth-quarter campaigns. "Tagalong" does not attempt to win that competition through volume. It wins attention by sounding inviting. In an industry increasingly convinced every release requires a content strategy, teaser campaign and seven vertical videos, there remains something wonderfully effective about a band simply turning up with a song you want to hear again.