Phil Hamer, Neil Mercer, Rich Millin, Carrie Rossiter and Peter George Rowe.
Influences
Buy the Dacoits debut album on CD. Eleven meticulously recorded tracks, released November 2009. Click below to buy the new album on CD through paypal. Only £5 (+ £1 p&p)
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Though I can't speak for the rest of the band, here's what has influenced me: Arvo part, alcohol, the cocteau twins, robert smith, patti smith, the smiths, the clash, jonny cash, nick drake, radiohead, rain, the brontees, the moon, menstruating, meditating, medicating, my dad's record collection, my bloody valentine, india, insomnia, birth, the buddha, the bible, the beatles, nirvana, bob dylan, dylan thomas, thomas hardy, jimi hendrix, shakespeare, joni mitchel, pregnancy, pj harvey, sylvia plath, lakes, the sundays, gillian welsch, jesus, the jesus and mary chain, leonard cohen, the smashing pumpkins, sigur ros, the carpenters, neil young, portishead, sonic youth, suzanna vega, (Carrie)
Sounds Like
"Time held me green and dying, though I sang in my chains like the sea" (Dylan Thomas)
The following reviews are for 'Dumbstruck', the current Dacoits EP which was produced in-house with the kindly assistance of Mr Chris Sheldon (Foo Fighters/Oceansize/Idlewild/Pixies). We are now in the process of mixing our debut album, keep an eye on the updates for more news...
"an exciting return to the days when indie was genuinely alternative. The Dacoits might just be the band who can rescue indie rock from the Coldplay clones..."
OXFORDBANDS.COM
“The Dacoits have brought us some serious magic here in the form of 5 tracks of PJ Harvey inspired garage rock. The songwriting is fantastic ....the best record I have been sent to date.”
THE OCELOT
The Dacoits could well be on their way to robbing the title of the band to watch over the next few months"
OXFORDSHIRE MUSIC SCENE
“This is an album of raw emotion, subjects that reside in the heart rather than the head, and delivered in a way that makes you believe that every angst ridden sentence is pulled from real life.”
FREQUENCY MAGAZINE
“When Benjamin Britten spoke of music having “the beauty of loneliness and of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never satisfied love”, I’d like to think he had listened to The Dacoit’s recent release”…. for Dumbstruck is all this and more….”
Dave Franklin (www.mmamalbums.blogspot.co.uk)
"husky darkminded garage pop.... stadium sized grunge-pop fame and fortune is within reach."
OXFORD NIGHTSHIFT
Belated thanks for your fabulous and exciting gig at the Vic on the 5th November. A singularly apt date to launch your new album. An album of wonderful music, superbly played and fantastically produced.
Great gig, guys. Really good :) the exchange between the guitars was superb. I hope Rich didn't get another hernia. And don't worry, Carrie you sounded really good as always ;) x
Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
wow,this is fantastic. i still don't get the measure in "let her out on sunday". what a great song. i geuss i gotta see your sister very soon :-) how come she lives in austria ?
