Tuesday 14 October 2014
£10 (+BF)
Support:
Panama Wedding
14+
NUS/Public
Doors: 7.30pm
Club
Dan Croll is a fabulous new solo artist with enough facets for a whole band. He's the electro boy with links to the folkie scene (Communion Records included one of his tracks on their recent New Faces compilation), a multi-instrumentalist whose songwriting prowess has impressed everyone from former Beatles to legends in the world of fashion and design. He started 2012 with one of his demos (Marion) as a Q Essential Download and another (Home) picked up by Steve Lamaq on 6 Music, and ended it with his debut single 'From Nowhere' being hammered by Radio 1.
Don't be fooled by the Buddy Holly specs - he's also a one-time rugby fanatic whose career in the sport at the highest level was only derailed by a broken leg - or by the sensitive acoustica: the 22-year-old is a former nightclub doorman who lives above a strip joint in Liverpool.
Studying for a Music degree in his hometown, Dan's songwriting won him a one-on-one with Paul McCartney, who was hugely impressed with Dan's work. His music career, meanwhile, took on a new lease of life as Dan found himself touring with Maps, Michael Kiwanuka and more.
Dan's brilliant, concise, smart pop tunes have drawn comparisons to everyone from Prince to Jake Bugg. Debut proper 'From Nowhere' is the exuberant single that announces Dan's arrival in no uncertain terms. It has become a regular on Radio 1, XFM and 6 Music, and had over 100,000 streams on SoundCloud, with blogs and websites clambering to feature it, to the extent that it made the #1 spot on the Hype Machine charts.
Sometimes referred to as a "latterday Beck", Dan is the half-troubadour, half techno-wizard, all rising star. Don't miss him at Preston's 53 Degrees.
Coming all the way from New York, Panama Wedding support, bringing their unique brand of effervescent vocals and opulent synths as heard on surprise hit of the summer 'All Of The People'.
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