*Beat The Bandit are a 4-piece psych/indie outfit that met on the other side of the world on a year out in New Zealand, busking and gigging for a living, until moving back to England and basing themselves in Sheffield. Over the past year Beat The Bandit have taken the Sheffield music scene in their stride with dedicated fans, powerful live shows and regular BBC Introducing airplay contributing to their ever growing popularity. Likened to ‘The Coral’, ‘The Kinks’, ‘The Beatles’ to ‘The Beach Boys’, Beat The Bandit lash out raw rock & roll riffs and psychedelic dreaminess in equal measure. *
*"Fuck me, one of the best live bands I've seen all year!" - Christian Carlisle, BBC Intro Sheffield/Broadcast @ West Street Live.
“Amazing purveyors of Psychedelic Indie with catchy songs and amazing melodies who manage to sound like The Coral, The Beatles and The Beach Boys all mixed up…a must see!!” -Mod for it
“The band fire out anthemic stabs of catchy indie pop, ferocious rock riffage and psychedelic dreaminess in rapid succession. .” -Charlotte Holroyd ‘Bitter Sweet Symphonies”
"Quickly becoming regulars on the show - Their band are genuinely fantastic, I absolutely love them! They could go anywhere!" - Christian Carlisle, BBC Introducing, Sheffield. *