Dutch Criminal Record having been making waves in the UK and Europe, selling out shows and tours, receiving radio play from BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 6 and Radio X and gaining support from Spotify Editorial Playlists. The trio is made up of Sam Thrussell, Joe Frampton, and Joe Delaney-Stone and have amassed well over 10 million streams.
Dutch Criminal Record are back with a beautifully hazy new track entitled ‘Come Closer’. Dreamy, twinkling guitar lines, whether that be chords or melodies, shine across the lush soundscape. Energetic drums inject forward motion into the track, filling out the bittersweet soundscape alongside the soft wanders of the bass guitar. The vocals are wistful and distant, ethereal in their presence and feeds into the expansive feel of the other instrumentation, floating synths and angelic vocal harmonies are the cherry on top for the multi-layered odyssey they take you on.
The band explains, “Come Closer is based around a demo made by Sam on acoustic guitar, I really liked the voicings of the chords so it inspired me to write a song really quickly. In essence it’s a love song but from the perspective of being a worrier about things and then the other person putting you at ease! Joe added a really beautiful dreamy guitar riff and Frampton’s drums mimic an electronic processed kit which is really cool to my mind! The bridge is 60’s inspired and Frampton had the idea of lifting it from a different demo of ours that Joe had written a while back and then Sam tweaked it to fit the song so it was like a team attempt at finishing a musical jigsaw puzzle!”
