Dopamine formed in early 2015 and consists of 3 members, Olly Dean on vocals/guitar, Jonny Wright on bass and Chris Kidd on drums. Dopamine has always wanted to write catchy songs laden with riff tastic hooks and gruff vocals! Influences range from Royal Blood, kings of leon and foo fighters to placebo, band of skulls, silversun pickups to nirvana. They never want to stick to one genre as ideally they want to write songs that almagamate heavy rock, indie and blues with a country twist in some songs.
Dopamine has just released their second single, ‘Epiphany’, with influences of Kings of Leon and Foo Fighters shining through. This follows their debut release “Remedy”, which is a hard heavy rock song that has always got the listener dancing!
Its had air time on numerous radio stations in the Uk and had reviews and attention from all over the world including Australia and the US and even Cape Town, South Africa!
Dopamine are 3 guys who are very serious about music but also and most importantly want to have fun and get people off their feet and go wild as first and foremost Dopamine is a live band that gigs all over the UK including The Great Escape Festival, Brighton and Byline Festival, Sussex in 2018 and hope to progress in the future. Check out latest single ‘Epiphany’ below!
We caught up with the band as they talked about their latest single and more!
So how has the release of Epiphany gone down with fans so far?
It’s been amazing to be fair! we are just happy with doing what we love and it means alot when you get feedback.People from all over the world have been so kind and it pushes you to keep improving and getting our music out there
What was your favourite moment recording this single?
Recording at sunrise studios is always a blast for us. Undy our producer, is a friend but understands what we are trying to accomplish. Best moment was when we got the master through and it sounded huge!
So what’s next for you, will you be releasing an EP/album this year?
Yes, we will be releasing new music this year. We are on a budget as many bands are, but yea we want to keep releasing songs and go from there
If you could work with any band on a new song, who would it be and why?
Probaly be band of skulls. They are a 3 peice too and just amazing. Think we could learn alot!
Will you be touring at all this year?
Yes, this year we are focusing on the south of the UK so expect to see us at the awesome venues in Southampton, Bournemouth, Bristol,London and hopefully many more.
What do you all get up to in your spare time when not working on music?
I do some music reviewing, which keeps me busy and look after a poorly mum! Jonny and Chris have their own businesses and work their socks off!
If you could play at any venue in the world, where would it be and why?
Millenium stadium as the sound is just out of this world and just would be amazing….one day maybe!ha