The Dassins

The Dassins are an indie/new wave band from Leeds, UK. Formed by Ewan Turner in 2017, originally as "Sticks and Stones", the band saw many line-up and stylistic changes over its beginnings, however settling comfortably upon drummer Edward French who provided a unique style of drumming tailor-made for the songs of the band. The Dassins reformed in 2021 upon the arrival of Riley Gill, who provided much-needed artistic input, thus forming a strong writing and performance-based partnership with founding member Ewan Turner. Soon after the pair had written enough new material they began recording their debut album "Suburban Nightmare" at Studio 84, with "The Recluse" and "If You Only Know" being particularly popular. The album was recorded extremely quickly and highlights the band at their most raw, The band dubbed the work as "a well-recorded live album with a couple of overdubs". The Dassins parted ways with guitarist Jamie Hannan soon after their first album. The Dassins draw from many influences ranging anywhere from the music of The Beatles, The Jam, Elvis Costello and The Police. This contributes to their style and the amount of variety in their music. Since their second album “Chasing Shadows on the Wall”, they have released some of their strongest singles yet with “The Best Things in Life are Unplanned”, “As Time Goes By” and now “Welcome to the Reeperbahn”. The Dassins are: Ewan Turner, Riley Gill, Edward French