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REVIEWS
"Guaranteed to get
any audience up and dancing and show-stealers at this summer's European
festivals....this band are hot!" Larmer
Tree Music Festival
"The strikingly contrasted coupling of James Henry's gutsy,
grit-edged voice with Inge Thomson's breathy, bittersweet tones fronts a
mix of punchy pop hook-lines, mascular soul-funk and delicate ballads,
laced with fiddle and accordion and carrying disparate echoes of The
Waterboys, Hothouse Flowers, Suzanne Vega and even
1970's heroes Sweet." Sue Wilson,
Metro
"Believe me when I implore you to buy what will surely be one of the
finest sets of songs released this year. Drop the Box are Shetland's
top rock band - original, innovative and energetic." Jonathan
Sutherland, Shetland Times
"Amongst their folk influences is a pop sensibility for perfect songs
with killer hooklines. This is Motown with fiddle and
box." The Living Tradition
"Amazed at how much this Scottish band sounds like Spirit of the
West, which is from Vancouver, BC. They have the same take on
traditional jigs and reels and write their own traditional-sounding
songs. The male main singer's voice has a lovely Scottish burr and
their are gentle female vocals too." Neile
"Really delightful mix of traditional jigs and reels, and new songs
that are a mix of charming lover songs and some lively almost drinking
songs. Whenever I put their cd's on, I'm won over" Graham
Franklin
"Strong and striking original song writing, a selection of
highly accomplished vocals, some very tasty accordion work spliced with
the echoes of the Cocteau Twins or The Cranberries." The
Scotsman
"Merrily trawling their way through folk, bluegrass, traditional and
rock, Drop the Box come up with some formidable creations and funk with
the best of them. Musically adept beyond belief Drop are one of the
freshest new bands for ages." Rock N'
Reel
"Shetlander's Drop the Box
are wilfully eclectic. Their set runs the gamut from celticised
acid-jazz to traditional jiggery and back again. They play with
energetic confidence and their lippy front geezer, exhorting the crowd
into a bit of dance action, is excellent value for money." Ian
Ross, The Herald
"Shetland youngsters Drop the Box were
in confident form supporting the Silencers at the fruitmarket. Their
punchy, tuneful indie roots mix is sounding tighter with every outing,
occupying the Waterboys/Hothouse Flowers territory, but with their vocal
harmonies, fiddle riffs and song writing skills imprinting a highly
distinctive stamp." Sue
Wilson, The Scotsman
Inge
Thomson
James Henry
Jonathan Ritch
Russell "Sagar" Gair
Mark Laurenson