The Dashing Suns
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The Dashing Suns' self titled EP is great. Do you remember when critics insisted that The Strokes sounded like The Velvet Underground, The Clash and Television but you weren't completely convinced because to you, they just sounded like The Strokes? Well if were disheartened in the least that The Strokes didn't satisfy your expectations for an excellent mesh of those awesome bands, look no further than The Dashing Suns. "I Wanna Run" is sung much in the same vein as "Marquee Moon" by Television with a steady drum beat and great guitars to match. "Just A Moment" sounds like the song that new band The Soft Pack have been trying to write. In short, it's a great EP and makes me hopeful for a full length release. - http://musicinducedeuphoria.blogspot.com/2009/02/dashing-suns.html
Holy underwater Motown magic fireworks. The Dashing Suns. I’ll be damned. This seductively sunny little intersection of every band the ’60s and ’70s ever loved is really making my morning with its scratchy guitars, ooh-ahh Caramello vocals and vintage head cold production value. Monkees, Modern Lovers and Troggs! Definitely sounds more like something you’d discover in your mom’s leftover Creedence records than on the Internet.
The Dashing Suns are a four-piece out of Oakland, California, and they certainly deliver on all that West Coast promise laid out by The Beach Boys, The Mamas & Papas and so on and so forth. Jangly and irresistible, their fuzzy pop fantasies reek of post-prom oceanside campfires. A fact which, in combination with their recent run at SXSW, all but guarantees that they won’t go unsigned much longer.
For more on The Dashing Suns at SXSW, keep an eye on Jansport — the classic backpack company is using The Dashing Suns’ “Future Thunder” to promote their insanely cool new Heritage Series. As part of the promotion, they followed the band on a road-trip/mini-tour from Oakland to Austin, filming concerts, car drama and everything in between. When that goes live, we’ll be sure to share it with you here. I’m expecting plenty of solar flare and sepia tone. Definitely something to look forward to!
Listen to The Dashing Suns here. “I Wanna Run” is getting all the attention, but I’m a pretty big fan of “When I First Met Ya” and “Future Thunder.” Highly recommended for fans of The Black Lips, The Strokes and summertime. - http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2009/03/24/buzzworthy-obsession-the-dashing-suns/
Discography
Self Titled E.P, 2008
Jansport Branding Video, 2008
"Really Like You" Full Length Album, 2010
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The Dashing Suns are a four piece from Oakland who write about waiting in line, really liking someone, and holding hands. The band takes inspiration from everyday life, translating these tiny but important moments into quirky two minute pop songs. Included in their blend of Richman inspired romantiscism is their wry tongue-in-cheek acceptance that any love song should be followed by a break up, one that's most likely their fault. The Dashing Suns aren't naive; they just wish they were.
The band liberally appropriates 60's garage, 70's power-pop, and 80's post-punk. An incredibly solid and inventive rhythm section, sounding part Kinks and Jackson 5, keeps the pace as Buzzcocks inspired guitars rip through to form their unique amalgamation. MTV's Buzzwothy blog had this to say about the band's sound, "This seductively sunny little intersection of every band the ’60s and ’70s ever loved is really making my morning with its scratchy guitars, ooh-ahh Caramello vocals and vintage head cold production value." If The Dashing Suns' sound is anything it's an unabashed enthusiasm for music and a keen sense of style.
Past shows have included a stint in New York at Death By Audio, The Bordello in L.A., a spot at SXSW featuring Lou Barlow & M. Ward, as well as numerous Bay Area shows including Oakland's Uptown and San Francisco's Bottom of the Hill. The Dashing Suns were also picked for a commercial spot by Jansport and members have recorded local acts Buzzer and The Splinters. The band is currently recording a full length followup to their first self-titled EP with an expected completion date of August 2009.
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