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Dumb Instrument are purveyors of the little known genre 'Jakey Rock' which fuses the ideals of 'Jakeys' and 'Rock' into one nice genre which is accessable to all. The resultant compound is above for your listening pleasure and below for your purchasing pleasure. Debut single is available in limited CD format or online at www.emusic.com. Click on CD cover to buy from emusic or click on 'Buy Now' to recieve CD by post"Reverse The Hearse is probably the best song about death I've ever heard!" Jim Gellatry Xfm Radio"Outstanding....Unique!" Tom Morton BBC Radio Scotland"...a true sense of satire, satire enhanced by the quality of the performance." www.fatea-records.co.uk"This band is fun and good, a tougher combination than you'd think." Alex Gale New Noise"'Songs Ya Bass Vol 1' is a magnificently put together piece of contemporary, musical story telling" Toxic Pete"alternately hilarious and genuinely poignant." The Skinny"their lyrics were absolutely stunning, like a more playful and poetic Aidan Moffat" Last night from Glasgow Indie Eyespy

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Member Since: 10/7/2006
Band Website: dumbinstrument.com
Band Members: Tom Murray : Vocals,Mikey Grant : Keyboards,Alex Walsh-Todd : Bass & Guitar
Influences: Scotland, Dr Seuss, Scott Joplin
Sounds Like: A teacakes teardrop!
Record Label: Hackpen Records www.hackpenrecords.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Michtie me what a difference a month makes!

We haven't wrote a blog for just over a month and this is mostly because it has probably been the busiest of our short musical lives. The last month has seen us; 1) Play at 3 summer festival...
Posted by Dumb Instrument on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:11:00 PST

Main Stage at Fringe Sunday!

Jings crivens and fur feck sake we're as busy as three beavers constructing a larger than normal dam across the Firth of Froth! On Saturday we're playing at Scotland's most picturesque festival, The D...
Posted by Dumb Instrument on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:45:00 PST

Oh For Christsake I Like Shortcake

Hi folks, 'Oh For Christsake I Like Shortcake' is the name of the show we are appearing in at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August. The great thing about this show is the lineup. We are playi...
Posted by Dumb Instrument on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:10:00 PST

GoNorth 2007

I haven't wrote a blog for a wee while so I thought I better give a wee update as to where we're at. As the title suggests the main point of this blog is to point out that we are one of 60 bands which...
Posted by Dumb Instrument on Sun, 27 May 2007 11:30:00 PST

King Tuts Show Cancelled!

Just a wee anouncement!  Apologies to all people who were planning to attend but our show next Thursday (May 3rd) at King Tuts is cancelled. Its a damn shame because I was looking forward to...
Posted by Dumb Instrument on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:38:00 PST

World of Dumb Instrument

The current world of Dumb Instrument gets better and better. Not only have we played some great gigs over the last week with great bands, got some great reviews, confirmed one festival (Dunstaffnage) ...
Posted by Dumb Instrument on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:22:00 PST

Another Festival Confirmation

I was overjoyed to hear, via the Ayrshire pony express, that we had been selected to play at Scotlands finest alternative festival up at Dunstaffnage castle, Oban. We will be gracing the Roots stage ...
Posted by Dumb Instrument on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 05:26:00 PST

Oor Wullie Review

Hi Folks,   It looks like 'Oor Wullie's Baldy' is being pretty well recieved throughout the industry in it's early stage of release. Apart from being played weekly by dashed nice chap J...
Posted by Dumb Instrument on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:44:00 PST

Single Launch Night

Well the time is nearly upon us for 'Song Ya Bass' to be unleashed on an unsuspecting public. We're really looking forward to the launch night at Oran Mor on Thursday. It's £4 to get in and the show s...
Posted by Dumb Instrument on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 03:58:00 PST

Dumb Instrument on BBC Radio Scotland

Just to flesh out something I said a bit earlier. We're going to be interviewed on BBC Radio Scotland on Tuesday on the Radio Cafe show. It's a live show so I better mind not to swear. Fu*^&%g C$...
Posted by Dumb Instrument on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:30:00 PST