Having already achieved quite a respectable level of success in their short musical careers, the Manx folk group Scran have released their debut album.

’Nane’, the Manx word for one, was released last week, and will be officially launched at a concert at the Mitre Hotel, Ramsey, on Tuesday, November 27.

Featuring 10 tracks, the album charts the progress of the young musicians from their time with the folk youth group Bree onwards.

While the line up of Scran is constantly changing, with band members leaving the island to go to university, the core of the group has been built around a group of musicians, all still under the age of 20, including harpist Mera Royle, who was named the 2018 BBC Radio 2 young musician of the year, accordionist Jack McLean, multi- instrumentalist Owen Williams, fiddle player and singer Aerin Roberts, whistle player Raygee Dolloso, banjo player Jack McNulty, guitarist Callum Rowe and bassist Fraser Rowe, all playing under the mentorship of musician and teacher Paul Rogers.

Six of the songs were recorded live and represent the group’s earliest period, featuring sets of Manx trad numbers, including the Chanter’s tune, Fathaby Jig, Birlinn and Dooraght, a new tune written by Katie Lawrence.

The remaining four tracks are later pieces of work, such as ’Sunset by the sea’, an original composition by Jack McLean, and ’Bokset’, an arrangement described by Paul as ’a bit prog-ish’, which allows each individual member a chance to show off their own talents.

’We had the idea for it and then spent years working on it, and we just kept adding more and more bits on to it,’ said Aerin.

’And since then we’ve developed new ideas. We got a really good set that we were confident with and we have just kept on developing our sound.’

Since recording, Callum and Raygee have left for university, and Paul is busy recruiting new young performers to swell the talented ranks.

However, the group believe that this CD captures the current Scran sound perfectly, and provides a fitting time capsule of a talented group of musicians who, with appearances at three major UK music festivals, such as Towersey, Cambridge and Cropredy, as well as at numerous cultural events and concerts on the island, achieved a great deal of success together.