ELLiS·D

“like David Byrne becoming a goth and then meeting up with Ian Curtis or a 2010s indie band. Trust me, it works.” Far Out

“Twitching like an insatiable urge that just won’t subside…electric rumble of spooky, glam-tinged new wave chic.” So Young Magazine

"If you're into twisted, psychosomatic art-rock, ELLiS·D is right up your valley." Still Listening

“baroque post-punk shivers” Louder Than War

“Haunting. Spooky. Energetic…just have a listen” Rodeo 

“Sounds like nothing else out there and is absolutely brilliant….one spin and straight away you want to listen to everything else with the ELLiS·D mark. More please.” Backseat Mafia

Following the announcement of several UK headline tour dates  - capped off with an appearance at the Tim Burgess-curated stage at Kendal Calling Festival -  Brighton’s ELLiS·D shares new single ‘Carousel’ - due 18th July via Crafting Room Recordings (Ideal Living, SoftTop)

Sustaining his penchant for a nostalgically familiar yet hauntingly enigmatic sound - described variously as post-punk, art-rock, to glam, new wave, and everything in-between - ELLiS·D’s newest cut delivers a blood curdling stew of anxious Talking Heads funk and glam-rock decadence, distinguished as ever by frontman Ellis Dickson’s ghoulish baritone, howling guitars and frenetic, hotwire energies. 

  With all parts written and recorded by Dickson himself at Hackney Road Studios with producer Shuta Shinoda (Hot Chip, Jenny Beth), ‘Carousel’ continues ELLiS·D’s streak of relentlessly wired, ‘on-edge’ rock, finely polluted with a worldly 21st century paranoia, as Dickson himself explains:

“‘Carousel’ is an attempt at mitigating the anxious, paranoid wreck that lives inside us and wants to spoil everything. A cathartic fuck you to the parading cowards ripping up the rulebook on human decency in front of our eyes and hiding behind their big red buttons.”

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The brainchild of drummer-turned-solo musician Ellis Dickson, ELLiS·D has garnered a growing reputation in the past 12 months for a tireless touring schedule and increasingly electric live shows, recently described as “one of the most exhilarating live sets I’ve seen in months.” by Far Out Magazine in April. Backed by continuously shifting set of Brighton musicians - in addition to playing drums for Trip Westerns and Johnny Borrell’s Jealous Nostril - his solo project has performed wth the likes of Razorlight (at Brighton Dome and Eventim Apollo) The Goa Express, Flip Top Head, Melts, Vinyl Williams, Youth Sector and The DSM IV, boasting too a headline tour across the UK for Independent Venue Week 2024.

Across last autumns’  ‘Hullo, Reality’ EP, March single ‘Humdrum’ - both released via boutique Brighton label Crafting Room Recordings (SoftTop) Dickson has garnered early radio support from Tom Robinson (BBC Radio 6Music) and John Kennedy (Radio X), as well as backing from across UK independent press outlets:  So Young Magazine, Far Out, Rodeo, Backseat Mafia, Louder Than War, and Post-Brexit Pop and more among them. ELLiS·D has also reached the longlists for Green Man Rising and Glastonbury Emerging Talent competitions, this year and last, respectively - performing his biggest festival slot to date at Kendal Calling in August.