Alastair Taylor - guitar, vocals, pedal steel.
Andrew Taylor - drums, vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica.
Roy W. Taylor - guitar, vocals.
Scott Tobin- bass, vocals.
Influences
The Jayhawks, The Beatles, Tom Petty, Buddy Holly, The Byrds, Johnny Cash, The Proclaimers, Teenage Fanclub, Hank Williams, The Lemonheads, Del Shannon, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Green Day, Ben Folds, The Housemartins, The Everly Brothers.
Sounds Like
"Country pop touched by the hand of God."Americana
UK
"Turning Circles deserves to be top of your CD rack. 5/5."Is This Music?
"Songs that capture a power pop spirit tinged with a country edge, shimmering guitars and vocal harmonies recall classic California bands and more local contemporaries such as Teenage Fanclub. 8/10"Americana
UK
Dropkick is a Scottish band who play catchy, countrified pop music with great brotherly harmonies and melodies that will stick in your head forever. To quote from one recent review Dropkick sound "like a wet kiss between the Pernice Brothers and Teenage Fanclub"...
To contact the band or to join their mailing list simply click here. Join the mailing list today to receive a free 4 track CD.
You can listen to Dropkick's 9 albums and 1 EP in full here.
Dropkick's new album "Abelay Hotel" is released on 12th September 2009. It is the band's 2nd release on Swedish label Sound Asleep Records, following less than a year after "Patchwork". You can order the CD now for £6.49 (including worldwide postage) by clicking the button above.
Dropkick are very much a DIY band and record and produce all their own albums at home. Previous albums were released on their own Taylored Records label and can be purchased from the band's online shop. Their 2008 album "Dot The i" has now been re-issued in Spain by Rock Indiana Records. "Dot The i" and 2007 album "Turning Circles" are both available in the USA through Not Lame Recordings and Kool Kat Musik.
Dropkick albums can also be downloaded in full from as well as most other legal download sites, including eMusic, www.scotloads.co.uk, Napster, HMV Digital, Yahoo! Music, Amazon and Rhapsody.
New video filmed in Valldemossa, Mallorca Feb 09. This song features on the new album Abelay Hotel.
Just recieved a lovely surprise in the post !! 2 copies of Abelay Road - woop woop - driving to Edinburgh later to fly off to Italy on honeymoon so thats the roadtrip sounds sorted !! Nice one - will forward the other on to the station !!
All the best - one of these days Ill catch the live show and drink shandy with you guys !!
Hey guys... Loving the new tunes!!! You are awesome.. on my way to iTunes to get yar new album!! btw.. i'm on iTunes too with my first Album.. go check it out!! :)
Good news! The brand new powerpopcompilation "Souvenirs" is being released this week! It contains 21 great North American powerpop tracks from 1975-95. You can hear three of the songs that just have been uploaded on our Myspage page. The CD also contains a previously unreleased song by the great Canadian band Pointed Sticks recorded in the late 70..s. It is availabe from Not Lame Records and Kool Kat Musik, and it will very soon be available from CD Baby.
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