THE DACOITS profile picture

THE DACOITS

About Me

MyGen Profile GeneratorREVIEWS FOR THE NEW EP 'DUMBSTRUCK'
"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).
Their debut album is being mixed.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/26/2006
Band Website: www.thedacoits.com
Band Members: 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

Click below to buy the new EP on CD through paypal. Only £4 including P&P.

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)
Record Label: self released
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

GIG IN ANCIENT CHURCH WITH GOOD VIBES

Just to let you know that we are organising what i think will be a very special and unique acoustic gig in Great Coxwell Church (near Faringdon) Ion friday the 22nd of May.  The line up is as follows,...
Posted by on Thu, 14 May 2009 02:40:00 GMT

brand new celebrity friends

its official..the dacoits and loyd grossman and his chums are best of friends. Loyd has reformed his original late 70's band 'JET BRONX AND THE NEW FORBIDDEN' and they are excellent shape. We've suppo...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:12:00 GMT

mixing the new ep

have spent two delightful days back in North London mixing two new tracks for our brand new ep. with the legendary Chris Sheldon. 'Turn You On' and 'Holyman' are now finished and ready to go....John...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:08:00 GMT

blogs, chefs and flatbed trucks

Blog.  The dreaded word once exclusively associated with vacant Hollywood socialites and the kind of people who like to document continuity errors in films.  But things have changed, apparen...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:00:00 GMT

a poem from carrie

MORNING AFTERthere's a full moon buzzingthrough the skylight of my mindI'm miles and miles away from homeyet closer my your side the heat is mad as murderand there's magic in the airthe fabric of our ...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:13:00 GMT