To celebrate their 10th birthday and the new singles album 'Bust the Trunk' hitting the shops, DOTR are playing two special un-plugged shows.

It was way back in November 1996 when DOTR got their first E.P "So Far So Spitfire" back from the factory. Now it's time to light the candles on the cake and let that mother bake!

DAWN OF THE REPLICANTS WILL BE PLAYING:

SUNDAY 5th November

The Goat,

Glasgow.

THE GOAT,

1287 ARGYLE STREET,

KELVINGROVE, GLASGOW

Telephone: 0141 357 7373

Email: thegoatofargyle@aol.com

SUNDAY 12th NOVEMBER

Henrys Cellar Bar,

Edinburgh.

HENRYS CELLAR BAR

8 MORRISON STREET

EDINBURGH

MIDLOTHIAN

EH3 8BJ

Tel: 0131 228 9393 (10am - 4pm)

What the press had to say about singles collection and Free DVD 'BUST THE TRUNK'

"Supermodel satires, hitchcockian weddings, the mighty "Essence of Maureen". Why can't all greatest hits be like this?"

ROCKSOUND 9 OUT OF 10

"Debut single "Cocaine on the Catwalk" still sounds as unusually brilliant as it did first time around, the sinister stomp of "Rule the Roost" remains a minor late-90s gem, and the more recent "Oh, Bumblebee" is oddball pop personified. Paul Vickers unique vocal whine hovers delightfully through it all, occupying a self-effacing space somewhere between the sound of nick cave and Billy Corgan"

RECORD COLLECTOR.

"Their brightly Lo-Fi, keenly felt guitar-pop is usually infectious. Nowhere is this more true than on a collection of the groups singles. From melancholy-tinged "Lisa Box" through aptly titled "Science Fiction Freak" to the anthemic "Cocaine on the Catwalk", its stirring stuff. Throw in a bonus DVD, and you have a bargain too."

FLUX

"They sound like the cream of American college rock from the last 30 years transposed to the UK at the tail end of Britpop. Frequently compared to the Beta Band being their equal in terms of songwriting. A gem of a compilation, a morning chorus of radio friendly alt-rock"

CLASSIC ROCK

"They aren't really a band for Top of the Pops; they are for those who appreciate their eccentricities and sly humour. Dawn of the Replicants are the best band no one has heard of, consistently delivering over five albums and ten years"

CLASH MAGAZINE

"Their quirky art rock compositions like the acclaimed "Cocaine on the Catwalk" and "Hogwash Farm" charmed many, John Peel included, and makes a fine assortment of surreal if daftly titled winning melodies"

GUITAR AND BASS

"DotR are one of those bands that, although successful, have always managed to slip under the radar and narrowly avoid becoming massive. And that's not down to lack of potential, as this collection of A-sides reveals. Twenty-two tracks of cockeyed pop, tinged with punk and psychedelia, which have an innate charm about them, rather like a childs crayon drawing."

FUTURE MUSIC

"Everyone has to buy this; I hear it's the law"

PLAN B

"Like Colombo, their shambolic and unfashionable exteriors disguise a keen instinct for murderous riffs and lethal choruses, proving that not all best of collections have to follow a downward trajectory."

THE SKINNY FOUR STARS.

"A clutch of indiepop singles like debut "Cocaine on the Catwalk", "Candlefire", and the David Holmes remix of "Skullcrusher" meant that briefly, the mad mad world of The Reps was almost the norm in indieland. Later there are moments of genius in "Everyone in Heaven (Is Afraid of Heights)" and "Fix the Air" .Then things come full circle on a version of "Cocaine on the Catwalk" to end which only emphasises maybe what ought to have been"

IS THIS MUSIC?

"A decade of frazzled pop - Bust the Trunk is essential."

METRO SCOTLAND

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