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Dan Against the World

OK in Tokyo - OUT NOW!

About Me


'Quirky Scottish indie-rock in the style of a particularly giddy Weezer.' - NME

Dan Against the World create quirky powerpop music with boy/girl vocals, loud guitars and fuzzy synth lines. While drawing from early ‘60s pop and ‘80s new wave, the 5-piece from the North of Scotland present a sound which is fresh and forward-thinking.
Contact us: [email protected]
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Our new 3-track EP, OK in Tokyo, is out now on Stop Motion Records

Featuring the tracks:
Oh, Emily!
Julianne
I Can't Dance
£4.00 (inc. Postage & VAT)
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OK in Tokyo Promo Video
Nice things that people have said about us:
'…if this is the debut recording from Dan Against the World, then the World had best look out. The very future of the planet could well be in jeopardy if this band is ignored!' - Is This Music?
'...unabashed pop mixing chugging Pixies guitars, wibbly 80s keyboard and rather nice harmonised vocals' - The List
'Everything about their songs work and you can't believe they aren't already in the UK top 10. A shining bright, fully-formed poptastic wonderment.' - Rick Fulton, The Daily Record
'…this latest EP reeks of non-conformity and screams to be noted as an offering that differs from the run-of-the-mill nicey or synthy indie nonsense that makes your ears bleed...' - Click Music
'This is a great EP, and dare I say the best stuff to come out of Scotland since David Moyes and Andy Gray…' - Room Thirteen

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/31/2005
Band Website: "danagainsttheworld.com

Band Members: Ewen Watson

Vocals/Guitar

Harriet Griggs

Synth/Vocals/Glock/Hand Claps/Percussion etc.
Ross Watson

Guitar/Vocals

Andrew Stepien

Drums/Percussion

Jamie Murphy

Bass/Vocals

Influences:
The Beach Boys, Pavement, Weezer, The Cars, Graham Coxon, Elliott Smith, Ben Folds Five, The Rentals, Danny Wallace, Ben Kweller, Mates of State, Of Montreal.

Record Label: Stop Motion Records

Type of Label: None

My Blog

New Songs!!!

Hello everyone! We've uploaded some new songs for you to download for absolutely free!  We spent the weekend at the amazing Watercolour Studios where we recorded The Post-It Song and rerecorde...
Posted by Dan Against the World on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:19:00 PST

Changes, weddings and other assorted news.

There's been a big change for us recently and we now have a new bass player.  Eddy has decided to pursue academic commitments in far off places (and quite right too) so will no longer be able to ...
Posted by Dan Against the World on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:01:00 PST

News and Reviews

Hello! If you haven't been keeping up with the latest music press, we have been receiving a lot of fantastic reviews of our new EP across the world wide web: The Daily RecordClick Musi...
Posted by Dan Against the World on Thu, 01 May 2008 12:43:00 PST

The Daily Record - Soundcheck Review

Dan Against The World - OK in TokyoSOMETIMES a band just stop me in my tracks. Everything about their songs work and you can’t believe they aren’t already in the UK top 10. Forres five pi...
Posted by Dan Against the World on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:18:00 PST

Ok in Tokyo - out now!

We are very pleased to announce that our new EP, OK in Tokyo, is (finally) available for your listening pleasure through Stop Motion Records!It features 3 tracks (Oh, Emily!, Julianne and I Can’...
Posted by Dan Against the World on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:24:00 PST

New Songs

We have uploaded two new songs to our player: 'Oh, Emily!' and a new version of 'I Can't Dance'.The tracks are not up for download but will feature on our new EP, 'OK in Tokyo', which is schedule...
Posted by Dan Against the World on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:30:00 PST

New record coming soon

Hey folks,Just a quick note to say that we will have a new release coming out late December/early January.  It will feature the songs Oh, Emily!, Julianne and I Can't Dance which we have been rec...
Posted by Dan Against the World on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 05:47:00 PST

News!

Greetings! In December, we came to the decision that it was about time to take a break from playing gigs.  With this in mind, over the past six months we've been dedicating most of our time ...
Posted by Dan Against the World on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:04:00 PST

I Can't Dance

I Can't DanceBy E. WatsonVocals: E. Watson, R. Watson, C. EdwardGuitars: E. Watson, R. WatsonBass: E. GregsonDrums: A. StepienPercussion: A. StepienSynthesizer: C. EdwardEngineered, recorded and produ...
Posted by Dan Against the World on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:25:00 PST

NME, Hollyoaks and Termtime

Greetings!We were in NME last week as part of the Breaking Bands section.  We charted in at an encouraging #5 in the weeks unsigned band chart.  You can help us further by voting f...
Posted by Dan Against the World on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 01:19:00 PST