In exciting, serious April 1st news, Scene Point Blank has news about a new album from Dez Dare, starting with the sharing of a brand new single called “1.9.8.5.” which is part of a full-length album set for release later this summer.
Dez Dare, aka Darren Smallman, is an Australian born UK-based artists playing fuzzy, riff-driven noise rock that’s equal parts madness and melody.
Check out the lead single now, a 5-minute blast of frustration and revelry, described by Smallman as follows:
Religion has always confused me. I was raised Catholic for a while. It wasn't for me. I find the concept of faith difficult. How to believe in the intangible? The concept of heaven, even more baffling. I remember being asked in school whether I believed, and when I said no, the brother asked whether I wanted to see my family and friends in heaven when I died. This scared the fuck out of me and I said "no, 80 years is more than enough thanks".
We are animals, like all other organic life. We are a part of the entire universe down to the molecular level and reach far into the galaxy and beyond. We have little time before we are absorbed back into the quanta, so we should all take a breath, understand our place and stop hoping for a magical life beyond. Surely being a part of this massive and beautiful cosmos is amazing enough? Do we really need more?
“1.9.8.5.” is one of 18 songs on the upcoming Ulysses Trash, which releases August 19 via CH!MP. The album explores the concept of the hero, Ulysses, in contrast with humankind’s penchant for destruction, ultimately concluding (much like the quote above), that our our role is to live in the here and now.
“This album is a call to inaction,” the press release proclaims. “An open letter to embrace our place in the ecosystem in which we exist and understand where we fit in the grand scheme. To remember that beauty is in the minutia, the quanta in which we all are made.”
Ulysses Trash is the follow-up to Hairline Ego Trip (2021).
Dez Dare will hit the road for live dates later this year.
