Duncan Barrett, Cat Loye, Matthew Rains, Adey Fleet, Thomas Stimson, John Edom, Thom Punton
ESIOTROT, ESIOTROT, TEG REGGIB, TEG REGGIB.
Influences
Donna Tartt, Donna Summer
Sounds Like
"A must for indie and Roald Dahl fans everywhere!"- Huw Stephens (Radio 1)
"Velvet Underground filtered through a secondhand tape-recorder and a collection of Postcard Records." - Everett True (Plan B)
"sprawling indie-folk bohos" (Time-Out)
"They make music that sounds like it’s played out sepia tinged montages of days out on the beach at, say, Eastbourne. And that’s a good thing...Esiotrot are a brilliant outsider's band. - Drowned in Sound
Cat, Matt, Adey and Duncan formed Esiotrot in the late 80's when they got together to play Tortoise covers backwards. Soon Thomas Stimson joined on vibes, and they went on to perform a series of incendiary live shows, which so inspired Roald Dahl that he was moved to name his latest book after them. After the recording of their now legendary debut album "Schmesiotrot" they recruited brass section Thom punton and John Edom, to record some overdubs and play some shows, and they ended up never leaving. After releasing an EP on unpopular records, and playing a radio session for Hugh Stephens, Esiotrot went on to record their great lost album, 7 apples, which is now due to see the light of day as a series of split seven inches.
Esiotrot have had the pleasure of playing (so far) with Los Campesinos, Danielson, Johnny Foreigner, The Wave Pictures, Jens Lekman, Bill Wells, I'm From Barcelona, Clearlake, Hayman Watkins Trout and Lee, Oil Rig Catering, Lisa Li-Lund, Jeniferever, Pants Yell!, Airport Girl, Fanfarlo, Sleeping States, Sports Day Megaphone, Team B, Hexicon, Spoono, Tea and Toast Band, Airsick Antelope and Sonaura to name a few.
Esiotrot's first EP. Sold out, but now available to download on itunes and napster (under Esio Trot rather than Esiotrot, if you wonder why you can't find it!).
hey guys, how's it going? we're doing some gigs in September, hopefully, if you'd like to play together again? that would be nice. we've made an EP. erm, yeah..
BUTTON UP YOU OVERCOAT BACK AT THE GEORGE!
Saturday 18th April
with:
Planet Earth
Esiotrot
Old Bamboo
+ Jim Campbell presents; Greatest: A History of Duran Duran
22/03/09 Bristol, with Vase and the Madrigals 10/04/09 Norwich, with Internet forever 13/04/09 Edinburgh, with Withered Hand and Francois 17/04/09 London, with the light sleepers and the Madrigals 25/04/09 Madrid for Abril No tan Cruel festival
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