Dexters

Dexters wordsmith, Tom Rowlett, thinks that his band are arriving at just the right time to give the British music scene what it needs: Anthems.

Bought together through disbanded musical experiments of the past, Dexters are still at the early teething stages of emerging band status. Careful not to pull a Viva Brother and formulate claims of grandiose satisfaction, they’ve remained relatively under the radar and a little mysterious.

I saw (and put on) their first show at the Old Queens Head around six weeks ago and the striking prowess of Rowlett’s engaging on-stage frivolity was mirrored by his effervescent lyrical tangents of urban glories and urchins done good.

With only one song floating around it is hard to gauge the potential might of this developing outfit, but ‘Start to Run’ suggests gallant strides of inner-city indie-rock are on the menu. Mention ‘lad rock’ and I’ll set the hounds on you, it’s far more than that…

DEXTERS - Start To Run (demo) by dextersband