With a gentle balance of vintage folk-rock and British shoegaze influences, the Zephyrs emerged from Edinburgh, Scotland in the late '90s. Sharing common collaborators with Glasgow's Mogwai on early releases, they made their full-length debut in 1999 with It's OK Not to Say Anything. The group made a subtle shift toward a more muscular sound on its still languid fifth album, 2010's Fool of Regrets.
The sons of a rock musician, Stuart and David Nicol grew up playing music together before founding the Zephyrs, which they named after their father's band from the '70s. The brothe...