Contact/booking: jamesleonardhewitson@gmail.com

'Energetic and thought-provoking songs with a wry, unexpected beauty' - End of The Road Festival

2024

23rd Mar - s/ Mr Ben and The Bens, Pop Recs, Sunderland

6th Apr - Aelius Alternative Fest, Newcastle

20th Apr - s/ Scott Hepple and The Sun Band, Claypath Deli, Durham

30th May - Newcastle, RPM Music (instore gig)

1st June - Newcastle, Head of Steam

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" ...the end product never ceases to enchant and surprise – which is all you can ask, really. It is simultaneously gentle and powerful."
'New Band Of The Week' - THE GUARDIAN

"Although it's still only early days in the band's fledgling career, their potential is enormous."
DROWNED IN SOUND

"‘Foresteering’ is already a firm contender for single of the year, it is a piece of pop genius."
A MUSICAL PRIORITY

"Welsh psych rockers appeared at 2pm - and blew away all expectations."
BBC Introducing in West Yorkshire, Leeds Festival

"'PartDepart', a song of hypnotic layers, beautiful sounds and a real sense of space that is sadly lacking in so much modern music."
LISTEN WITH MONGER

"Welsh troupe try out acid-damaged psych on their lo-fi debut"
UNCUT Magazine, April 2017

"Three musicians, one static caravan and a 16-track portastudio. Mix together in the Snowdonian hills and stand back"
SHINDIG! Magazine, Issue 67

"They embrace influences from Super Fury Animals, Django Django and the Beach Boys to name but a few. In doing so, they create an engrossing swirling infusion of psychedelic rock, blues and mildly dancy grooves. Title track ‘PartDepart’, with its bubbling hypnotic layers, beautiful sounds, synth loops, enticing guitar riffs and seductive rhythmic groove, is essentially their raison d’etre"
BARRYGRUFF Music Blog

 "Do yourself a favour and find a peaceful spot to listen and discover this new band. It won’t be long until the Eryri landscape unravels before you."
Band Of The Week - GIGWISE

Founded in 2014, Bandito Rey are inspired from Dark Nick Cave to Beach Boys to Electro Pop, Liverpool's Bandito Rey found their own sound. Their most recent track Laag being described as 'a magnificent slice of alt-rock, anthemic and twisting, every part played sublimely.'

Getonthis:- 'Bandito Rey were supremely spectral, intensely powerful – with echoes of Japanese dynamic maestros Mono – leaving vast amounts of space and building to magnificent climaxes. '

Tom Robinson's Fresh On the Net:-
  'Liverpool’s Bandito Rey have this swaggery grungy thing going on here in Laag. Sweet guitar hooks are crashing into grungy, dirty riffs in this underdog alt-rock number. Richard Ashcroft meets Placebo in the vocals too, what a bonus.'

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More music coming soon, always and forever. 

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