Former member of Blackhill Pioneers and multi instrumentalist Simon Dawes new project. Simon Dawes aka Teardrop is a song writer multi instrumentalist from Basildon, who spent many years in other bands and is now writing by himself. He often collaborates with long term friends Jolee & Lee Popa (Producers and Mixering extraordinaires) Chris Mcconville (Blackhill Pioneers, Bishops) on drums and BV'.

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Home to Bored At My Grandmas House, The Wedding Present, Team Picture, YOWL, Crushed Beaks, Van Houten, FEHLT, GAWJUSS, WEAK GENES, HAMER, LOCALS, PLAZA, Avalanche Party, FOREVER CULT, NARCS, TRASH, SUNFACE, Allusondrugs.

We are Clue Records, an independent record label based in Leeds. We work with artists we adore to release music we love. We also host a monthly show on Amazing Radio, showcasing the best in new music. Clue is run by Scott Lewis with support from Steven Langton, Tony Ereira + Paul Thomas.

The label was founded by Scott + Ste in 2012 over a beer. After 7 years of releasing, Clue merged with Hatch Records, welcoming Tony + Paul to the team, as well as releases by artists like The Wedding Present and Nine Black Alps.

DUNES are:
John Davies – Guitar/Vocals
Ade Huggins – Bass/Vocals
Nikky Watson – Drums

DUNES were invented in the warmer periods of 2016 by several earth dwellers poorly masquerading as human beings in the city of Newcastle. They play dessert-riff-blues-tinted-disco-tinged-rock, which draws on influences such as Queens of the Stone Age, Torche, Death From Above 1979 and Clutch.
DUNES second EP is due for release 23rd of February 2018 and was recorded during November 2017 at The Sand Castle in Newcastle with Graham Thompson, who has previously worked with Frankie and the Heartstrings, Jimmy Floyd Hasslebaind, Kubicheck and Jinn. They have received airplay on numerous radio stations around the UK and have featured on BBC Introducing Newcastle.

Since the band started playing live in late 2016 racking up a fair number of gigs in their native Newcastle and further afield. During 2017 DUNES shared the stage with many bands, most notably: Red Fang, Mutation, Idles, Monster Magnet, Estrons, Lionize and Holy Fuck. 


Favourable quotes about the band from other people:


‘Imagine if Kyuss were produced by 2manyDJs and you’d have an approximation of what DUNES sound like’
Narc Magazine (Newcastle)

‘Intense vocal delivery met with furious drumming and a don’t-take-it-too-seriously attitude produce a set that makes rock sound like it has no other point than to make you want to go out and find trouble.’
The Crack Magazine (Newcastle)

‘DUNES! HYPE! DUNES! Aye, they’re canny good like.’
Blank Slate Creative

‘DUNES are the best local band I’ve seen in ages. Geordie Desert Rock.’
Think Tank

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