Highly Evolved

Highly Evolved

Indie rock band from Ayr RainTown was started as a small uni project by our four members Robert Lithgow, Jamie McAtee, BJ Max-Who and Hazel Mclean.

The four quickly came together with ideas and wasted no time at all getting demos down from fun indie pop inspired tunes to James Brown funk tracks. With the help of Manager Megan Mitchell the team quickly found themselves properly set in the studios based in Ayr moving forwards in a fast motion as it seemed each day someone had a new brighter and better idea than their last to create or bring a track together.

16/09/2023

The excitement, the friendships, the fandom, and the best gigs of your life - it all starts here 💙 Ticketmaster Concerts & Tours

Photos from Highly Evolved's post 15/08/2023

A story in Three slides.

Our EP finally has a confirmed release date of September first. A delay we can only apologise for.
We hope that everyone’s excited to stream.

After the release the band has decided to go our own ways and do our own thing due to separation of interests at the moment for everyone involved. We may Play together again some day, We may Not.

In either scenario we know that the main thing here is we can all walk away knowing we have accomplished so much within a year and can’t wait for what comes ahead for each person.

But for now we’ve been Highly Evolved (RainTown) x x x

21/07/2023

Sorry to announce this in poor fashion but our EP will not be releasing tomorrow as per original plans.

Recording and distribution issues arising late into the release schedule have delayed this and pushed us back a few weeks.

Right now our focus is on overcoming this and trying to sort out the disarray the bands is currently in.

Apologies.

16/07/2023

Not long to go now !!
Get your tickets below !

See you there x

https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Glasgow/SYMBØL/Highly-Evolved-EP-Launch-The-Nohans-Guests/36391929/

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08/07/2023

Happy Announcement day

Buzzing to let you all know that our hard work behind the scenes is finally paying off and we are on our way to releasing our debut EP ‘Better Days’

Scheduled to release on the 22nd of July alongside our Symbol Show in Glasgow neither of these milestones are to be missed to grab your tickets from our bio and get ready to stream.

Highly Evolved

05/07/2023

Hello, Hello.
It’s good to be back.

absolutely delighted to be working with the great again on a new show for our brand new EP release that we’ve been teasing.

Support from + Guests

Live at Symbøl on the 22nd of July.

Tickets available in our Bio.

Here we come Glasgow !

26/03/2023

We are now known as Highly Evolved.
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Due to legal troubles with our previous name we’ve taken the decision to change our name from this point forwards.
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This is a complicated process but hopefully we should be able to convert all our social media and streaming services to our new name relatively hassle free.
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Our comeback will be huge. and we cannot wait.

Spread the Word.

Highly Evolved.

Photos from Highly Evolved's post 23/03/2023

How’s everyone doing??
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That’s good to hear, RainTown personally, are absolutely Exhausted with everything going on in our lives at the moment.
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But fear not, work continues and we are working hard on the background to bring out some new music for our adoring fans.
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We are also planning on expanding later into this year and player further around scotland. so drop us a comment where you want us to stop off. and anyone interested in helping us get there, drop a dm to us.
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-You’ll all be hearing from us soon enough, Fear Not. Big Things Coming…

Photos from Highly Evolved's post 04/03/2023

A big fat THANK YOU to everyone that watched us play last night at Broadcast!!

Thanks to for having us play once again as well as .too.late and .band for supporting us💙

A special thanks to all our friends over who gave us an amazing opportunity to play for them

And as always a big thanks to our #1 fan our favourite photographer!

Until next time,
Raintown 💙

01/03/2023

RainTown Reviewed by Scott Pyper.

The thing I like about RainTown is the they’re not trying to be like any other band out there, and they’re not trying to model themselves around a sound, that on paper at least, would guarantee them an audience, so if you want to hear Oasis, Gerry Cinnamon or heavens forbid George Ezra, well those guys and sounds are already kicking about out there and they’re replica tribute acts.
What I get from RainTown is that they’re just out to have fun and play music.

Born from a University music course, which didn’t do Belle and Sebastian any harm when the first fruits of that project produced Tigermilk and If You’re Feeling Sinister, both recorded within a year of each other, these guys have been taking their music out and about in Glasgow, and have been winning fans wherever they play.

When you first see them it’s as if five people from five different bands have turned up on stage at the same time, but once they start playing that’s where their magic and fun begins, giving them a more unique and individual sound than most of the other new bands that are kicking about out there at the moment.

Mixing original songs with inspired covers it’s always a fun time when RainTown are around.

Recently playing at the 13th Note, Nice N Sleazy’s and King Tuts, they are next headlining their own night at Broadcast thus coming Friday, 3rd March.

25/02/2023

Less than a week to go, We’re so excited to make our Broadcast debut. As headliners as well it’s a great achievement and pleasure.

We’ve already heard from quite a few of you guys that you’ve already secured tickets, Too those that haven’t why keep putting it off?

ACT NOW !!! 🎫

https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Glasgow/Broadcast/Raintown-The-Barely-Responsible-The-Too-Late/36275773/

Photos from Highly Evolved's post 21/01/2023

another day another gig announcement.

Delighted to let you all know that we’ll be playing Eurogig’s Glasgow Event held in Stereo on the 8th of February.

For those unfamiliar with Eurogig, this creates the opportunity for artists to go abroad to one of four locations in Europe and play some live events.

This is a big one for us as the way it goes is, the more tickets sold, the best chance of going abroad is.

So if you haven’t yet, GET TICKETS 👇

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eurogig-show-stereo-tickets-519911117147?fbclid=PAAaZcF-x09Fc5PFum0HrQtnR33V-HfH0FL06RaT9hDKvABna4eK5pVPv9dFU

See yous there, RainTown

Photos from Highly Evolved's post 06/01/2023

what a gig, thanks to our loyal fan for turning up !!

Seriously though all jokes aside, what an atmosphere. we’ve all heard of the king tuts legacy and it does not disappoint.

Huge thanks to the team over at DF concerts for letting us play.

Another one goes out to the all brilliant bands who were not just entertaining on stage but provided some brilliant entertainment backstage.

Thanks to everyone who bought a ticket regardless of you could make it due to train strikes, we appreciate and love you all.

Love RainTown x

Photos from Highly Evolved's post 23/11/2022

Sleazy’s that was amazing !

Another packed house for us, with everyone joining in and feeling like part of the band and the RainTown family.

Big facts to the people at for making this happen and operate so smoothly. Thanks to our Tech for the night Melanie. what an amazing mix and live sound for FOH.

Another great thanks to and all of which were brilliant acts with provided an entertaining set.

Next up for us is playing as part of their new years festival event so keep an eye on tickets for that one.

RainTown x

16/11/2022

is everyone excited for Sleazy’s on Friday!
I know we are !!

our next gig after that will be supporting the amazing at King Tuts new years revolution festival.

additional support will be from and
Hope to see you all there !!

RainTown x

Photos from Highly Evolved's post 12/11/2022

under a week to go now until we make our return to headline the almighty

There’s not too many tickets left now so if you haven’t already purchased them act now !

support will be coming from the great

Our after party will be held at with free entry for anyone who has bought a ticket in advance and the amazing will be there playing their DJ set.
this is one you can’t miss.

Raintown x

Photos from Highly Evolved's post 14/10/2022

Brand new show announcement !!!
Happy to let everyone know that we are returning to Glasgow’s wonderful on the 18th of November alongside the following



Show us all some love and we’ll see you there. Absolute guarantee it’s gonna be mental.

Tickets in our Bio and on our Website.

Photos from Highly Evolved's post 28/08/2022

What a night supporting Knackered alongside The Yips and Nick Shane
Everyone absolutely smashed it and brought in a excitable crowd.

Absolutely buzzing with ourselves with this one even after all the bumps, bruises and cuts we may have got…

after the gig last night we got talking with each other and yourselves and the next step (with some more gigs in between of course) is an EP. so watch this space

Raintown x

26/08/2022

Less than 24 hours till gig day now.
Who’s excited?
Knackered will be your headline band for the night with support from ourselves, The Yips and Nick Shane
Only a few tickets left so act now.

15/08/2022

Pure buzzin to join Perth's finest on Sat 27th 🔥

Knackered The Yips RainTown NICE N SLEAZY Staged Live

06/08/2022

Got another Gig announcement here troops !!!
Happy to let the fans know that we’ll be playing on the 27th of August supporting and .
Tickets can be found on our story and on our website.
See You all there.

Raintown x

Photos from Highly Evolved's post 23/07/2022

we said it was going to be an amazing night and our fans overdelivered as per usual ! We can’t thank you all enough !

We’ll start with the main folks of the night
What an amazing team of insanely talented and professional people. from the first message we ever received from them we know this was going to be a great event. If you haven’t already, give them a follow they’re always looking for great acts to work with.

Which leads us onto the acts…
and are some of the most amazing acts we’ve worked with to date. being able to get such a huge sound in a small venue like 13th note is amazing. you guys truly blew the roof off. the fans loved you guys as did we and can’t wait to see what you guys bring to the stage yet.

our last thanks goes to everyone who bought a ticket and watched us play, even if you couldn’t make it due to your own reasons we appreciate you all. it was such a rush for the amount of interaction we received from you guys and the call for an encore was great.

See you all soon, Raintown x

21/07/2022

Jamie explaining in great detail that tonight is your absolute last chance to buy tickets for tomorrows headliner gig at the 13th note.

Support from and

Doors open at 7:00pm and tickets can be bought OTD while they last…

Ticket link https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Glasgow/The-13th-Note/Raintown-plus-special-guests-/36114119/

01/06/2022
24/05/2022

so a couple of people have been asking what’s our next move.
well we actually have a few…

First of all we have a few gigs coming up, one in Glasgow, one in Ayr and one potentially somewhere else. We are just waiting on promotional material and final details and then those will be announced.

Next we have our new single which we’ve been working on for a while, if you were present at our Glasgow or Prestwick show then you’ll have heard “Lost” (that was the final one 😉)
We don’t have an exact date but you can expect a release throughout the summer.

Lastly, if we could ask a big favour from you all, please, please, please invite your friends, your friends friends, mum’s, dad’s, uncles aunties to like the facebook, and follow our twitter and instagram. it increases the chances of gigs and the future and more music.

Thank You again, RainTown x

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