DUNE RATS
RELEASE NEW ALBUM
‘IF IT SUCKS, TURN IT UP’“…an endearing celebration of friendship and life’s small joys. Contrary to Dune Rats’ self-deprecating quip, this record doesn’t suck at all,
but turn it up anyway.”
★★★★, KERRANG!“Throughout the band’s fifth full-length there is a youthful verve that harks back to those early Blink-182 or Green Day records, with plenty of humour,
self-awareness and bouncing riffs.”
Devolution Magazine

Dune Rats. credit Paul Grace

WATCH THE NEW VIDEO FOR TITLE TRACK
‘IF IT SUCKS, TURN IT UP’ HERE

August 2, 2024: Aussie punk rockers Dune Rats have today released their fifth studio album, ‘If It Sucks, Turn It Up’, their most adventurous musical statement yet. It finds them evolving their sound and honing their melodic instincts across a diverse range of styles, all delivered with the energy and infectious humour that is unmistakably Dunies.

“We wanted to make an album that throws you around a bit, like you are being washed around in the surf,” Dune Rats singer and guitarist Danny Beus says. “We’re five albums in now so we knew it should be a record that shows all the different sides to the band.”

Featuring the full throttle ‘Be Like You’, the hypnotic ‘Solar Eyes’ and the eclectic smorgasbord that is ‘Cheapskate’ paving the way, the title track and album opener ‘If It Sucks, Turn It Up’, sets the album up perfectly with it’s full tilt punk rock spirit. The video for ‘If It Sucks, Turn It Up’ is a stop motion creation directed and animated by Callum Scott-Dyson (Dinosaur Jr, Milky Chance), check it out below.

DUNE RATS ‘IF IT SUCKS, TURN IT UP’ (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

On ‘If It Sucks, Turn It Up’ Dune Rats continue to evolve. Excited to explore new sounds and even revist old ones, it’s a combination of a band in a creative sweet spot and refusing to be put in a box. It’s also the sound of three great mates loving making music together.

Danny says: “People ask us, ‘How did you keep a band going for 13 years?’ I always say that we were never the most attractive blokes or the most talented ones in the room. But the thing we do is love each other as mates and we always try to get better at everything we do. And that’s the answer to the question. Every day, we just keep going.”

The Brisbane trio recently toured Europe including UK support slots with Don Broco and a scene stealing appearance on the mains stage at the 2000Trees Festival. Now back home in Australia, Dune Rats will be joined by good mates FIDLAR for the ultimate transpacific matefest Australian tour kicking off on 28 August in Jindabyne. The shows have been selling like the preverbial hotcakes and have just been boosted again by the addition of New Zealand band DARTZ and New South Walse punksters The Pingers.

DUNE RATS – ‘IF IT SUCKS, TURN IT UP’ OUT NOW via RATBAG / BMG

DUNE RATS – ‘IF IT SUCKS, TURN IT UP’
01 If It Sucks, Turn It Up
02 Be Like You
03 Solar Eyes
04 Cheapskate
05 Main Beach
06 High Roller Selling Dope
07 Paper Cuts
08 Rich Kid Rehab
09 Time Bomb
10 Beers, Bongs & Bullshit
LISTEN / DOWNLOAD / BUY HERE

DUNE RATS + FIDLAR – AUSTRALIAN TOUR
+ DARTZ (NZ) and The Pingers*
Presented by triple j

Saturday 14 September   Kingscliff Beach Hotel: Kingscliff, NSW
Friday 13 September       The Tivoli: Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 12 September   The Station: Sunshine Coast, QLD
Saturday 7 September Torquay Hotel: Torquay, VIC
Friday 6 September The Forum: Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 5 September    Hindley Street Music Hall: Adelaide, SA
Saturday 31 August Bar on the Hill: Newcastle, NSW
Friday 30 August Enmore Theatre: Sydney, NSW
Thursday 29 August Waves: Wollongong, NSW
Wednesday 28 August The Station: Jindabyne, NSW
*Except Jindabyne and Torquay