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News : Dune Rats Unveil New Single “Bullshit” + Confirm Sellout Australian Tour

By on May 6, 2016

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Brisbane’s Dune Rats have returned with their first song in two years, “Bullshit”. The track was produced by FIDLAR (US) frontman, Zac Carter, and is out now through the band’s own label, Ratbag Records/Warner Music.

‘Bullshit’ was written while Dune Rats were on the road with FIDLAR across the States and Canada for two months last year, a 27-date tour which took them from Denver to Philly to LA and everywhere in between, including an electrifying performance at a sold-out Webster Hall. It was during this tour when the seeds of collaboration with Zac Carper began to develop, with Carper taking the boys from sessions inside an RV on the road to Joshua Tree and culminating in a Melbourne studio where new Duniesmaterial was born.

‘Bullshit’ is a no-nonsense, hooky-as-hell garage rock anthem and an ode to everything Dune Rats hold high: music, touring, parties, meeting rad people and, most of all, their mates – the lords that are by their side through thick and thin. Dunies are hitting the road with Violent Soho and DZ Deathrays on the EPICLY sold-out 10-date national Waco tour kicking off next week and it’s the first time Dune Rats will play ‘Bullshit’ live – get ready to throw those middle fingers up HIGH.

It’s been a non-stop ride since Dune Rats released their self-titled debut album in 2014, which Rolling Stone dubbed an “unassuming statement of intent. No bullshit punk done well.” Sold out Australian tours including co-headlining with punk legends Cosmic Psychos, festival slots on Splendour in the Grass, Laneway Festival and Big Pineapple, 40 shows in Europe and the UK with British rockers The Subways, shows in North America, South Africa and Asia, signing to Dine Alone Records in the US and documenting it all for Dunies TV… now that’s bullshit.

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With the band on tour this month with Violent Soho and DZ Deathrays, they have, in a staggering margin, sold out every show of their Australian tour.

Tuesday May 10 – The Tivoli, Brisbane SOLD OUT
Wednesday May 11 – The Tivoli, Brisbane SOLD OUT
Friday May 13 – The Tivoli, Brisbane SOLD OUT
Saturday May 14 – The Forum, Melbourne SOLD OUT
Sunday May 15 – The Forum, Melbourne SOLD OUT
Monday May 16 – The Forum, Melbourne SOLD OUT
Thursday May 19 – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide SOLD OUT
Friday May 20 – Metro City, Perth SOLD OUT
Thursday May 26 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney SOLD OUT
Friday May 20 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney SOLD OUT

Expect a full music video for “Bullshit” to drop soon. You can stream the album now on Spotify.

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