The Total Drop

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Name = The Total Drop


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Origin = New Cross, London, UK
Genre = new wave
art rock
Years_active = 2005–present
Label = Snakes & Ladders Records
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Current_members = Anna Vincent
Sam Soper
James Vincent
Ivan Misquita-Rice
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The Total Drop (also TTD) are a four piece art rock/new wave band from New Cross in south-east London formed in February 2005 by siblings Anna Vincent (vocals/guitar/keyboard) and James Vincent (vocals/bass) and Sam Soper (guitar). The band were joined by drummer Ivan Misquita-Rice in September 2005, prior to which they had used a drum-machine.

The group form part of the New Cross music 'scene' identified in 2005 by NME.

The group take their name from a song called "(Do The) Total Drop" by Deptford new wave band The Homosexuals. [Anna and James spent part of their early childhood living on Deptford's Crossfields Estate where members of The Homosexuals and also Dire Straits had also lived.]

The band release records through their own DIY label Snakes & Ladders.

The Total Drop have toured in the UK and the USA (In September 2006 the label was invited by a music promoter to take The Total Drop to New York City for several dates). Snakes & Ladders released the band's first single in January 2007.

Press

The Total Drop have been reviewed in several underground music fanzines as well as more mainstream UK magazines including ArtRocker, Maps (online), I Think You'll Find That's Fireworks (online), Lobster Quadrille and Antenna.

The band have also had tracks played on ArtRocker's weekly radio programme on London's Resonance FM and were mentioned on BBC Radio 1's Best of Unsigned programme with Huw Stephens when Snakes & Ladders were made 'DIY-label-of-the-week'.

In February 2007, The Total Drop were interviewed as part of a feature on new London bands in Above Magazine.

Some notable quotes:

"An abundance of catchy hooks and a voice of pure magnetism" [ArtRocker Magazine, March 06]

"Each tune sounds like a potential single...this band will be massive" [Maps zine, September 06]

"The Total Drop are a pop band" [ArtRocker Magazine, March 06]

"...with great certainty one would expect to hear a lot more from these bands and this label in the coming years." [Rough Trade Shop website, March 06]

"...enough innovation to keep the scene on its toes for another decade, genius!" [Subba-Cultcha.com, March 07]

"...new and challenging while still keeping a heart of pop." [R*E*P*E*A*T fanzine, February 07]

"...a spangle-powered scuzz-pop gem of considerable charm!" [TrakMarx.com, March 07]

"...a dizzying array of rhythms and interwoven guitar and bass." [Maps zine, February 07]

"...pure pop without an inch of fat, but effortlessly cool at the same time." [Lobster Quadrille zine, January 07]

Discography

EPs

* "TTD NYC EP" - Snakes & Ladders Records S&LCD003 (limited release EP put together when the band visited New York City in September 06)

ingles

* "Your Excellency" - Snakes & Ladders Records S&LCD004 (January 07)
* "Nuit Americaine" - Snakes & Ladders Records S&L007 (May 07)

Compilations

* "Prime Number" - On Snakes & Ladders Records compilation 'S&LCD001' (March 06)
* "An Educated Guess" - On Snakes & Ladders Records compilation 'S&LCD001' (March 06)
* "Prime Number" - On Dance At My feet compilation 'skyburstexplosion' (May 06)
* "An Educated Guess" - On ArtRocker covermount compilation 'DIY Labels 2' (August 06)
* "An Educated Guess" - On Lobster Quadrille Magazine covermount compilation (October 06)

Videos

*"An Educated Guess" - promotional video shot by Really Urban Films (November 06).

ee also

*Snakes & Ladders Records (the band members run this London-based D.I.Y. record label)
*The Roaring Twenties (James Vincent's other band)

Notes

External links

* [http://www.thetotaldrop.co.uk The Total Drop website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/thetotaldrop The Total Drop on MySpace]