Dropkick was formed by brothers Andrew and Alastair Taylor and friend Ian Grier in a small town on the east coast of Scotland. Starting off as a punk-pop band, the band discovered the music of The Jayhawks, The Byrds, Tom Petty and Wilco and their sound gradually matured into more of an alt-country style but without losing the upbeat, catchy melodies of their songs. Since their self-titled and self-released debut album in 2001, Dropkick have released a further twelves albums and three EPs, had worldwide airplay (including BBC Radio 2, Radio Gothenburg and Onda Madrid), performed live on BBC Children In Need and toured in Spain five times, a country in which they have a significant cult following. Their 2008 album “Dot The i” (originally released on their own Taylored Records label) was re-issued by Rock Indiana Records in Spain and Dropkick’s albums, ‘Patchwork’, ‘Abelay Hotel’, ‘Time Cuts The Ties’ and ‘Paper Trails’ were released between 2008 and 2012 on Swedish label Sound Asleep Records. In 2012 Dropkick self released “Homeward” (their 12th) on Taylored Records and Bobo Integral in Spain. Further to this, the band re-recorded a collection of songs from between 2001-2008 for a retrospective, ‘Good Vibes: The Dropkick Songbook Vol.1’, released by Rock Indiana Records in October 2014. Dropkick’s line-up has changed many times over the years but in early 2015 the band, expanded to a five piece line up the previous year, welcomed Roy W Taylor back into the band after a four year break to replace founding member, Alastair Taylor. Andrew Taylor – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards Roy W. Taylor – vocals, guitar Ian Grier – organ, piano, vocals. Mike Foy – drums, vocals. Scott Tobin – vocals, bass. 'Balance The Light' is Dropkick's 13th original album of material and the first featuring this line up of the band. The album is released 25th March 2016 on Rock Indiana Records and Sound Asleep Records. “Songs that capture a power pop spirit tinged with a country edge, shimmering guitars and vocal harmonies recall classic California bands and more local contemporaries such as Teenage Fanclub and Daniel Wylie” - Americana UK "Scotland's 3rd best band ... fabulous melodies a-plenty and more hooks than Bob Nudd's fishing bag." - The Scotsman newspaper “Scotland’s finest alt-country power-pop band.” - Tom Morton, BBC Radio Scotland