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Dez Dare - Tour Playlist 2025

The only recording of Geelong band Toad featuring Dave Thomas and Buzz Munday of Bored! and Darren Smallman from Dez Dare, Warped, Thee Vinyl Creatures, The Sound Platform etc. Toad also featured Alex Lynch from Fridge and Tumbleweed who doesn't appear on this recording.

Live @ The Barwon Club

All I Want by Toad

The Day My Voice Broke by Nine Inch Nob

Sexy Song No 1 by Nine Inch Nob

Sexo Techno by Nine Inch Nob

Nobs In The Kitchen by Nine Inch Nob

Hernando by Nine Inch Nob

1.9.8.5. is the the date of my gradual death
Born into a world, destined to die, no afterlife, no escape
Life means nothing if ill-defined
Purpose, no matter how small
Resolute, understand our place

Good intentions thwarted by faith, master's plans, there’s a better place
80 years of inaction, life in a master's hands
Take back control
Live while you can

1.9.8.5.
Don't live to die
1.9.8.5.

There’s absolute beauty in the scatter of molecules, across the universe, far + wide
If you want to be part of some grand plan
Simply look to the sky, look below, look aside
Take back control
Live while you can

Ulysses Trash

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Bloodbath-on-HI

Weasel Breath, sweet confess
Bloody night, sweet goodbye

Weasel Breath's on fire
Fighting bitter, cloud desire
Golden belly of the loathsome son
Weasel breath drys the sun 
Golden heart ache screams
Hell has no place in my scene
Weasel Breath's on fire

Weasel Breath's on fire
Melted mind, playful lies
Yellow heart, golden sound
Bloody nights, devil's die
Golden heart ache screams
Hell has no place in my scene
Weasel Breath's on fire

Critical Mind Dump EP

Weasel Breath

Taken from the 4th album by Dez Dare out on God Unknown Records [out 01.Mar.24]

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"Riff-heavy, blown-out garage-punk from the UK's Dez Dare with lyrics aimed at the political forces of division and isolation" Bandcamp

"The Aussie ex-pat delivers sharp lyrics wrapped in high-voltage garage-punk riffs" Tinnitist

"Pulsating with a Stooges and Mudhoney blessed garage grit" The Punk Site

"DIY psych punk Dez Dare pits sledgehammer riffs and lo-fi electronics against a world of monsters... dynamically armed with a ten-pronged set of lyrical barbs and musical hooks that, once heard, sink deep and hold fast." The Wire [Edwin Pouncey]

"Recommended for fans of KING GIZZARD, fuzz pedals, and maybe those rad conversion vans with wizards painted on the side." MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL

"Sludgey-grungey-fuzzed psychedelic-noiserock... I like the fact that despite all the edgy complexity, catchy songs emerge again and again." OX Fanzine [8/10]

"Grimy, experimental art-punk blending distorted slabs of guitar, noisy psych-infected electronics, and racing beats... busy like Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights." The Big Takeover

"From the opener 'Bozo', which unleashes snare pounding and swirling noise, to the epic finale, the lo-fi hit 'Stop. Stop. Stop. Talking', 'Perseus War' follows an arc of suspense. The common thread is the fuzz pedal, which sizzles in all stages from psychedelic to destructive." VISIONS [Albums Of The Week]

"Early 90s-inspired take on DEVO punk... high energy sucker punches on your ear." Weirdo Shrine

"The pace is harshly merciless and yet, despite all the sonic booms, rumbles and pounding, Dare creates melodic bubbles, sly hooks and catchy structures. He's quite a wizard and a sound magician." Desibeli

A Billion Goats. A Billion Sparks. Fin.

CD + Digital + Vinyl

Got A Fire In My Socket

10,000 Monkeys + An Argument With Time

Out 2025!

Dez Dare sang + made noises with samples, guitars, synths + noise boxes
Laura Loriga sang on tracks / http://lauraloriga.com
Jonny Halifax attacked his lap steel and sang stuff / http://jonnyhalifaxinvocation.com

Recorded + produced x Dez Dare @ CH!MP
Laura + Jonny were recorded x Giles Barrett @ Lightship Studios / http://lightship95.com
Mastered x Matthew Barnhart @ Chicago Mastering Service / http://matthewbarnhart.com + http://chicagomasteringservice.com
Cover illustrations x Lily Blakely / http://lilybla.co.uk
Photography x Steve Gullick / http://gullickphoto.com
Photography assistantence x Stan
Design x Dez Dare

CHERYL! Your Love Shines Down Like A Superno

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Out 24th January 2025

Dez Dare launches into 2025 with a new single ‘Brutalised Robotics’.

On this track Dez draws parallels with how humanity exploits technology compared to how they treat all living beasts… What is consciousness? What is success for an organism? Dominance or longevity? One day all sentients will eventually pry the foot from their neck.

Dez Dare (AKA Darren Smallman of labels God Unknown, BATTLE WORLDWIDE, Low Transit Industries, and bands Thee Vinyl Creatures, The Sound Platform, Warped) grew up in Geelong, Australia, where he became involved in the local punk and rock scene in 1990. Sharing stages with the likes of 5678s, Cosmic Psychos, Fugazi, The Dirty Three and the Hard-ons, before shifting his focus to running record labels.

In the 2020s we see Dez Dare take form in a spare room in Brighton, UK, where Dez starts building his own studio and producing music and videos that have been described as "sounds like MONSTER MAGNET and DEVO caught in a drug bust… highly unique and highly recommended" by MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL [Nick Odorizzi] to The Wire’s Edwin Pouncey "dynamically armed with a ten-pronged set of lyrical barbs and musical hooks that, once heard, sink deep and hold fast" to Crossfire Metal "minimalistic, electronic, psychedelic, hippie poop, that is only bearable with a hell of a lot of acid, angel dust and LSD".

On this single Dez is joined by  Laura Loriga on backing vocals, expanding on the sound of previous records and adding a new dimension to his trademark weird-n-roll.

‘Brutalised Robotics’ is out 24th January 2025 /// More info @ http://dezdare.com

Press Quotes

"DIY psych punk Dez Dare pits sledgehammer riffs and lo-fi electronics against a world of monsters... dynamically armed with a ten-pronged set of lyrical barbs and musical hooks that, once heard, sink deep and hold fast." The Wire [Edwin Pouncey]

"Incredibly creative and productive... the result is vibrant psychedelic noise herb punk, somewhere between BEVIS FROND, ALIEN SEX FIEND, DINOSAUR JR, BLACK ANGELS and the Canadians HOT GARBAGE. Crazy? Crazy!" OX Fanzine [7/10]

"Sounds like MONSTER MAGNET and DEVO caught in a drug bust. Heavy groove riffs and psych experimentation nestle up to chirping 8-bit synths and crunchy beats, accompanied by spoken/barked vocals... Highly unique and highly recommended." MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL

"The Australian psych-punk legend is a true underground hero." Clash

"Pulsing electro-punk." Vive Le Rock

Release Credits

Dez Dare sang + made noises with samples, guitars, synths + noise boxes.
Laura Loriga sang.
Recorded + produced x Dez Dare @ CH!MP
Laura x Giles Barrett @ Lightship Studios.
Mastered x Matthew Barnhart @ Chicago Mastering Service.
Photography x Steve Guillick.
Design x Dez Dare.

Brutalised Robotics

‘Talk, Clown.’ is out 28 Mar 25 + taken from the forthcoming album 'CHERYL! Your Love Shines Down Like A Supernova’s Death', our 06 Jun 25 on God Unknown🤘

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"Dez Dare is a punk rock astronaut. A psych-noise shaman. A DIY Doctor Manhattan." The Dredge

"DIY psych punk Dez Dare pits sledgehammer riffs and lo-fi electronics against a world of monsters... dynamically armed with a ten-pronged set of lyrical barbs and musical hooks that, once heard, sink deep and hold fast." The Wire [Edwin Pouncey]

"Sounds like MONSTER MAGNET and DEVO caught in a drug bust. Heavy groove riffs and psych experimentation nestle up to chirping 8-bit synths and crunchy beats, accompanied by spoken/barked vocals... Highly unique and highly recommended." MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL

"The Australian psych-punk legend is a true underground hero." Clash

"Pulsing electro-punk." Vive Le Rock

Talk, Clown.

Notopia

Your Love Shines Down Like a Supernova's Death

Rights Down 50

What Ya Gonna Do With Yr Days

Light Touch of the Man Spreader

Golden Cerebellum

I Only Cry From a Distance x Time = Frustration

CHERYL! Your Love Shines Down Like A Supernova’s Death

Blistered Eyeballs

Light Touch Of The Man Spreader is out now 👾
CHERYL! Your Love Shines Down Like A Supernova's Death album out June 6th ☠️
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