Dear Scotland

Glaswegians Dananananaykroyd have been added to the 2009 Splendour in the Grass line-up in Byron Bay, Australia. Tickets for that festival sold out in an hour in May but you can catch the ‘Naykroyd’s incredible live show in Melbourne and Sydney in between a few European festivals.

We’ve seen Dananananaykroyd a few times and it is hard to believe that a band with so much charisma and energy can be so musically tight. Many of the songs feature two drummers with Paul Carlin on one drumkit and Calum and John bouncing between the other kit and lead vocals. Their live shows also frequently feature the creation of a wall of hugs, as something of an antidote to a moshpit, (see video below). Their new album ‘Hey Everyone’ is out now.

The band invaded NYC in September -- to record their new album and have come up with an absolute killer first full length, that includes previous NME single of the week ‘Pink Sabbath’. Bursting with energy, ideas, character and melody, ‘Hey Everyone’ throws together every known genre of music, pushing way past their previous moniker of ‘fight pop’ into a wonderful new heavier / lighter / odder territory in equal measures.

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Launching ‘Hey Everyone’ is the opening track of the same name, the album rockets through a maze of spiky, pop tinged, punk / art rock anthems, at times with dizzying velocity and power. First single and 4th track ‘Black Wax’ slows the frantic pace down a notch, with its angelic chorus, use of piano, bells and gang vocals, before the rest of the album hurtles and thrashes its way along, constantly surprising and startling in equal measure. Think Pavement, Glassjaw, Sonic Youth, a spikier Blood Brothers, as well as post hardcore and the Dischord record label.

Rough Trade

Dananananaykroyd Tour Dates below

www.myspace.com/dananananaykroyd

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Tour Dates

Artist	Date	City	Country
Dananananaykroyd	23 Jun 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Glasgow	United Kingdom
Dananananaykroyd	24 Jun 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in London	United Kingdom
Dananananaykroyd	02 Jul 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Kingston	United Kingdom
Dananananaykroyd	03 Jul 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Belfort	France
Dananananaykroyd	05 Jul 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Kent	United Kingdom
Dananananaykroyd	07 Jul 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in London	United Kingdom
Dananananaykroyd	12 Jul 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in T in the Park	United Kingdom
Dananananaykroyd	14 Jul 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Belfast	United Kingdom
Dananananaykroyd	17 Jul 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Trencin	Slovakia
Dananananaykroyd	18 Jul 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Cheltenham	United Kingdom
Dananananaykroyd	19 Jul 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in London	United Kingdom
Dananananaykroyd	24 Jul 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Byron Bay	Australia
Dananananaykroyd	25 Jul 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Byron Bay	Australia
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Dananananaykroyd	26 Jul 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Byron Bay	Australia
Dananananaykroyd	29 Jul 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Sydney	Australia
Dananananaykroyd	30 Jul 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Melbourne	Australia
Dananananaykroyd	07 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Belladrum Festival	United Kingdom
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Dananananaykroyd	14 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Leicester	United Kingdom
	Cancelled Related post.
Dananananaykroyd	21 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Pukkelpop	Belgium
	Cancelled Related post.
Dananananaykroyd	28 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Reading Festival	United Kingdom
Dananananaykroyd	29 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Rock en Seine	France
Dananananaykroyd	30 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Leeds Festival	United Kingdom
Dananananaykroyd	15 Sep 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Amsterdam	Netherlands
Dananananaykroyd	18 Sep 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Tilburg	Netherlands
Dananananaykroyd	19 Sep 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Tivoli	Netherlands
Dananananaykroyd	20 Sep 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Rotterdam	Netherlands
Dananananaykroyd	22 Sep 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Brussels	Belgium
Dananananaykroyd	23 Sep 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Frankfurt	Germany
Dananananaykroyd	24 Sep 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Hamburg	Germany
Dananananaykroyd	25 Sep 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Berlin	Germany