The Dropouts has been played on NTS shows including The Numero Group, with Purple Sea first played on 25 February 2020.

Dropouts are a successful (ahem) celtic punk band formed in early 2008 and based in Reading, Berkshire. We're a band like no other. We have practice when we bloody feel like it and have yet to do a gig before more than two people. One of those being a hamster. So we have Jonny on lead guitar and vocals and he occasionally does a bit of tin whistling but we've heard cats making better noise as they are getting run over by a combine harvester. Adam's on bass and mandolin for when we get all acoustic. Net's on fiddle and occasionally puts her keys skills to the test. Soph is on drums where she's reasonably good for a girl. Check out the song. Yeah, just one at the mo until we find enough time and willpower to do some more.

Enjoy, Dropouts

"Dropouts are going to be bigger than the Pogues, bigger than Shane MacGowan…at drinking"

"That's not Irish music you eejits!"