Debut release from Sydney, Australia. DUMBELLS play some sort of amalgamation of jangly indie-pop, glammy power-pop / rock-n-roll, PAVEMENT-esque alt-rock, etc. etc. etc. As I have noticed is often the case when a pop band is particularly good at what they do, people tend to hear in them the style which most resonates to them. This is incredibly catchy and a solid first release, even if it gets a bit too atmospheric and noodly for my tastes. There’s also very much a chance that sharing members with such heavy lifters as TEE VEE REPAIRMAN, and the mighty SATANIC TOGAS (who I have expressed is the best live band I’ve seen in a decade after catching them at the Total Punk Showcase at Goner Fest a grip of years ago) that I am going to love just about everything coming out of that camp, even if it isn’t entirely my go-to style. All of that to say, Up Late With Dumbells is an absolutely beautiful record and if you haven heard it yet, I highly recommend you change that. This won’t disappear to obscurity on physical media even tho it was released on a Swiss-based cassette label, Total Punk Records has also pressed this poppy number on vinyl so no excuses not to check it out.

Label: Label: Chrüsimüsi Records 

(with LP version also available from Total Punk Records)

Band: DUMBELLS