Monica Queen is a singer from Glasgow, Scotland who has collaborated with Belle & Sebastian (e.g., on
Lazy Line Painter Jane from the Lazy Line Painter Jane EP), Chris Coco, and Jim White, among others. She is listed on the Fire Records (UK) [http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?page=artists artists page] as a contributing artist to their [http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?page=release&releaseid=300
Chamber Music album], a 36-part tribute to James Joyce's
Chamber Music.
She works with Johnny Smillie, with whom she co-founded Thrum, who were part of the indie scene in Glasgow in the 1990s. Thrum signed to Fire Records (UK) (home of Teenage Fanclub, Pulp and the Pastels), and released [http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?page=artists&artistid=88 several records] between 1990 and 1997. In the 2000s, dropping the name Thrum, they released
Ten Sorrowful Mysteries and
Return of the Sacred Heart as Monica Queen.
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