page_title: The Filthy Tongues
section_title: Current lineup
hierarchical_section_title: The Filthy Tongues / Current lineup
caption_attribution_description: English: Martin Metcalfe performing in Edinburgh, March 2018
context_page_description: The Filthy Tongues are an alternative rock group from Edinburgh, Scotland, made up of Martin Metcalfe, Fin Wilson and Derek Kelly, who were previously members of Goodbye Mr Mackenzie and Angelfish alongside Shirley Manson. As Isa & the Filthy Tongues with singer Stacey Chavis, the band released two albums.
context_section_description: In 2014, The Filthy Tongues (appearing without Chavis), released a track titled "Lethe Walks" on YouTube. This track, along with two others, was released in a special limited edition 10" vinyl, as a promo tool for Scenes a book of paintings and poetry by Martin Metcalfe and Paul Hullah.
  In 2016, the Filthy Tongues released their first album Jacob's Ladder, named after a staircase cut into Calton Hill in Edinburgh. The Scotsman compared the title track with the work of Nick Cave. The Filthy Tongues toured in 2017 with the Skids, and Metcalfe and Kelly contributed to writing four songs on the 2018 Skids' album Burning Cities which reached number 28 in the charts.
  Local football club Hibernian F.C. used the song "Holy Brothers" to launch their Hibernian Reborn campaign in season 2017-18. A new Filthy Tongues album entitled Back To Hell is due to be released on 21 April 2018.
caption: Metcalfe in 2018
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