The Dacoits are Phil Hamer, Neil Mercer, Richie Millin, Carrie Rossiter and Peter George Rowe. Honorary Dacoits are; Matt Kilford, Mikey Rowe, Stuart Rowe, Charlie Rowe, Rachel (violin), Lola and Patti Rowe (backing harmonies and inspiration)
Influences
Buy the Dumbstruck EP on CD
The Dacoits first release from 2008, with two tracks mixed by Chris Sheldon.
1. Home By Twelve
2. Dumbstruck
3. Let Her Out On Sunday
4. Loser Now
5. Swallow
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You can also buy the EP digitally from the following online stores...
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)
"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 song writing 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.... stadiumsized grunge-pop fame and fortune is within reach."
OXFORD NIGHTSHIFT
The Dacoits they have recently completed their EP Dumbstruck, which was produced in-house with the help of Chris Sheldon. (FooFighters/Oceansize/Idlewild/Pixies).
I've just come back from Riffs Bar where you played a blinder. Hot, sweaty and brilliant. Thank you all for such a memorable gig. I can't wait to buy your new album when it comes out soon.
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We realise how this is quite obviously automated and you will probably consider it as spam and ignore it.. but if you are feeling the need for a some fresh new music please visit our page and give our new EP a listen. We've worked really hard on it and had some excellent feedback so far and would love to hear what you guys think.
"Exciting, Striding and assured. It has an energy reminiscant of everything that was good about the Klaxons debut album.." - BBC Radio Bristol.
"The overall sound echoes that of Bloc Party but with great conviction and sophistication. Go see them live if you can." - iTunes review.
It's also available to buy through our website and itunes if you really do like it.
hey how's your gig go?.. sorry i couldn't make it work has got on top of me big time.. should hopefully get more space after next week tho. Can you hang onto the CDs till I get chance to pop over :) thanks Carrie x
You are invited to a 'virtual gig' in your own home via a specially compiled CD. To receive a copy, please send a cheque payable to Zoe Williams (suggested donation £5, concessions £3 all money will be sent to Mind, costs come from sponsorship) to Zoe Williams c/o Trev Williams Music, PO Box 2894, Faringdon, Oxon. SN7 8WT
Thanks to all the musicians who have kindly contributed tracks for this CD: Little Fish, Alphabet Backwards, Bethany Weimers, The Dacoits, Alice Doyne, Failing to Focus, James Dey, Vanessa Lewis, The Follys, Trev Williams
Thank you for organising such a magical gig last night. It was lovely to hear the Dacoits unplugged, your songs sounded really special last night, and I would love to hear you do more acoustically.
lovely evening tonight guys :) thanks for asking me to play.. was great to hear your songs acoustic as well.. writing more happy songs, is like the pain of my life!! I guess as long as you write what you feel then you must be doing something right :) x
Hey you guys, was a pleasure to share stages with you. Know what you mean about the onstage sound (no bass at all) but you sounded sweet as well. Hope to catch you again some time.
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.
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