Fast-rising roots rockers RICHARD DAVIES & THE DISSIDENTS are back with a brand new single and video which they're premiering exclusively with Vive Le Rock!
'Echo Road' is taken from the band's debut album Human Traffic, released in June through Bucketfull Of Brains Records. It's backed with an exclusive specially recorded version of the Lords Of The New Church classic 'Russian Roulette'.
Led by Davies, previously guitarist with TINY MONROE, THE SNAKES and PETER PERRETT, the Dissidents are a supergroup of sorts, featuring members of MEGA CITY FOUR, LAST GREAT DREAMERS and CASE HARDIN. They've been described as sounding like 'Johnny Thunders meets Tom Petty' and received a glowing 9-out-of-10 review in Vive Le Rock from Role Models' Rich Ragany.
"Echo Road is the first song that I wrote for the album," explains Davies. "It’s about being unable to escape the past. I think we recorded a few versions, but this one felt like a good radio song. It’s also the first song that Neil [Scully, keyboards] played on. I wanted to write something accessible to as many people as possible. Hopefully I managed to do that!!!
"Russian Roulette has always been a fave of mine. I think it was Tim [Emery, bass]’s idea to record a version. It’s a bit of a sacred cow, but I think we managed to record a good version. Tony James wrote it and I love pretty much everything he ever did."
The general public will get their first chance to see the band (lockdown permitting) on 26 September when they play The Abbey Arms, Abbey Wood in South London. Also on the bill are King Salami & The Cumberland Three, Oh Gunquit, Sister Suzie and more.
'Echo Road' and 'Russian Roulette' are out now on Spotify and all the usual digital platforms.
Human Traffic is out now through Proper Music.
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Pic by Richard Markham