"At a time when much of indie rock is drifting toward reverb-drenched melancholy or algorithm-friendly mush, Dez Dare is a welcome jolt of clarity. His music points out that punk rock music can still be smart, noise can still be meaningful, and absurdity can still be art. He makes records that feel like manifestos written in neon, sung through a bullhorn, blasted through fuzz pedals and synth wires... Dez Dare proves once again that he is one of the most interesting, inventive, and important voices in underground rock today." Thoughts Words Action

"With prior albums attracting critical plaudits, there wasn’t a chance I was gonna pass this one up for review purposes... King Tuff and Ty Segall came to mind while listening to the album for the sonic variety, effortlessly cool and outright hipness on offer. Hence, I would have no hesitation recommending it, check it out." The Sleeping Shaman [Reza Mills]

"Dare raves his way through his latest batch of 11 new brain tilting songs - each pumping with frantic Casio keyboard induced rhythm and burning psychedelic guitar soloing. Completely nuts boy pop from a true master that has been nurtured over the years from overdosing on Devo, The Tubes and perhaps a shot of R Stevie Moore... From the opening four second synthesized trill of "CHERYL! [Loading...]" to the guitar shredding onslaught ripping through "Blistered Eyeballs", Dez Dare's ambition to "not be like everyone else" takes a step closer to being fulfilled." The Wire [Edwin Pouncey]

"on the screamingly titled CHERYL!, he pours all the weirdness he can muster onto a single record. And he does so with more ferocity than ever before... this LP is a winner." The Big Takeover [Kurt Orzeck]

"Dare returns with a batch of the skinny garage-rock anthems tailored for consumption after a night out on the ale. Led by the excellent lead single Brutalised Robotics the Wire echoes continue here, and as Colin Newman continues toiling away on his new project Immersion, there are far worse alternatives than Dez Dare’s latest off-kilter adventures" Sun 13 [Hayley Burton]

"A psych noise punk shaman who uses lo-fi electronics and experimental music through the magnifying glass of melody. A bit Julian Cope, a bit Nick Saloman. Robotic like Devo, pop like XTC... He's quite interesting, Dez Dare. Rumore Magazine [Manuel Graziani]

"Dez Dare is an Australian, based in the UK, who makes music that explores how his autism feels in his mind. The overloads, patterns of thinking and interactions are all here amid clashes, synths and guitar fuzziness. It’s not a conventional listen and thank God for that, it’s a full on representation of what is going on inside and as such, it’s bloody brilliant." Fighting Boredom

"The new single Brutalised Robotics is out now, to warm our ears and rewire our brains and boy does it do just that. A chiming electro rock track that makes you think, keeps you static and is just straight weird in the best possible way." Forte

"He produces music and videos that audaciously whack every mole in the artistic arcade — garage-rock, power-pop, new wave, electronica, psychedelia — while maintaining a stylish minimalism and pointed propulsion." Tinnitist

"A brutal brainbreaker, pulverizing my headphones. The shocking combination of paranoid electronics, ruthless percussion, far-out guitars, neurotic vocals and a battering chorus works like a motorized chainsaw. DD nails it. Very loud and very clear." Turn Up The Volume

"one-man garage rockin’ power poppin’ glunk ‘n’ roll machine" ÜBER ROCK

Dez Dare sang + made noises with samples, guitars, synths + noise boxes. He also designed stuff.

Credits

Laura Loriga sang on tracks.
Jonny Halifax attacked his lap steel + sang stuff.
Recorded + produced x Dez Dare @ CH!MP.
Laura + Jonny were recorded x Giles Barrett @ Lightship Studios.
Mastered x Matthew Barnhart @ Chicago Mastering Service.
Illustrations x Lily Blakely.
Portrait photo x Steve Gullick.

Listen

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