RM Hubbert & Friends / Tattie Toes @ Stereo, 27 January

If Glasgow’s indie scene feels somewhat fragmentary at the moment, it’s all the more healthy for that: lacking a unifying narrative, perhaps, but throwing up myriad acts that combine a diverse pool of influences with a brilliantly carefree creative spirit. Tattie Toes are a case in point: their blend of melodica, intricate percussion and looping basslines sometimes recalls late-90s post-rock, before it swerves unexpectedly into folky rambunctiousness.

That richness and diversity has deep roots in the scene over the past couple of decades, and RM Hubbert’s new collaborative LP Thirteen Lost & Found traces some of them. Although an intensely personal work, which Hubbert describes as an attempt to reconnect with friends following a difficult period in his life, the list of contributors also makes it a trawl through some highlights of the city’s musical heritage.

Accordingly, a sold-out crowd appreciatively welcome a parade of contributors, among them Alex Kapranos (the album's producer), Hanna Tuulikki, Alasdair Roberts, Emma Pollock and Aidan Moffat. This kind of ensemble approach can dilute the personality of the underlying music, but Hubbert’s idiosyncratic, flamenco-inspired acoustic guitar provides a simple yet firm foundation, around which the singers’ divergent vocal styles coalesce.

Additional instrumentation is tactfully restrained, incorporating small doses of understated percussion, chinese harp, banjo and accordion; and Hubbert's endearing stage presence – created through a mixture of deadpan humour and confessional reflections – augments the melancholy, reflective nature of the pieces. Evidently, these delicately phrased guitar stylings provide the mixture of space and aesthetic coherence needed to unify this kind of project.