Dummy (Trouble in Mind) share video for "Minus World" single .. New album Free Energy out now
Dummy
Watch The New Video For “Minus World”
UK tour in November/December
New Album, Free Energy,
Out Now On Trouble In Mind
"Free Energy is made with a wide-open sense of possibility... It’s a record made to feel, whether that means dancing or getting all shroomed out and staring at the sunset." — Stereogum, Album of the Week
“I feel like more people should be raving about LA quartet Dummy ... ‘Nullspace’ is a perfect distillation of their sound: the synthedelic bubbliness of Stereolab’s bounciest noise bursts, a hooky 90s indie pop drive and the kinetic, hypnotic textures of contemporary avant-pop. Irresistible indeed.” — Shindig! Magazine
"One of the brightest guitar pop and ambient acts around."— Paste
Dummy — the Los Angeles band of Alex Ewell, Emma Maatman, Nathan O’Dell, and Joe Trainor — have just released new album, Free Energy on Trouble In Mind Records. Today they share a video for new single “Minus World", and will be returning to the UK this November for a full tour (dates below).
"Minus World" was inspired by watching the band Lewsberg perform at Gonerfest, and features a bridge that has another characteristically Dummy feedback section. “For us, feedback is a source of infinite possibilities, offering inherent randomness and a really expressive sound,” says the band. “For this song, we wanted the feedback to take over, leaving all semblance of song for a few seconds, before crashing back down at the end.”
Dummy - "Minus World"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxDQB7s4tXI
Watch:
“Blue Dada” (+ “Opaline Bubbletear”)
Dummy UK/EU Tour Dates 2024:
Thu. Oct. 31 - Breda, NL @ Mezz
Fri. Nov. 1 - Utrecht, NL @ ACU
Sat. Nov. 2 - Groningen, NL @ Vera Sun.
Nov. 3 - Nijmegen, NL @ Merleyn
Tue. Nov. 5 - Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen
Wed. Nov. 6 - Stockholm, SE @ Hus7
Thu. Nov. 7 - Oslo, NO @ Blå
Fri. Nov. 8 - Malmo, SE @ Plan B
Sat. Nov. 9 - Berlin, DE @ Synästhesie Festival
Sun. Nov. 10 - Warsaw, PL @ Chmury
Mon. Nov. 11 - Vienna, AT @ Arena
Tue. Nov. 12 - Salzburg, AT @ Rockhouse
Wed. Nov. 13 - Zurich, CH @ Bogen F
Thu. Nov. 14 - Annecy, FR @ La Brise Glace Festival
Fri. Nov. 15 - Dijon, FR @ Le Consortium
Sat. Nov. 16 - Rennes, FR @ Kool Thing Festival
Sun. Nov. 17 - Clermont Ferrand, FR @ La Coopérative de Mai
Tue. Nov. 19 - Marseille, FR @ L’Intermédiare
Wed. Nov. 20 - Lyon, FR @ Sonic
Thu. Nov. 21 - Bordeaux, FR @ Iboat
Fri. Nov. 22 - Angers, FR @ Joker’s Pub
Sun. Nov. 24 - Paris, FR @ La Boule Noire
Tue. Nov. 26 - London, UK @ Moth Club
Wed. Nov. 27 - Bristol, UK @ The Lanes
Thu. Nov. 28 - Coventry, UK @ Just Dropped In
Fri. Nov. 29 - Newcastle, UK @ The Lubber Fiend
Sun. Dec. 1 - Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast
Mon. Dec. 2 - Edinburgh, UK @ Sneaky Pete’s
Tue. Dec. 3 - Leeds, UK @ Headrow House
Wed. Dec. 4 - Manchester, UK @ Yes
Thu. Dec. 5 - Brighton, UK @ Dust
Free Energy is all movement, presence, and physicality. A creatively restless band, Dummy wanted to get harder, dancier, a little more psychedelic. Ewell and Trainor began experimenting with home recording while O’Dell dug deeper into instrumental/sample composition, in addition to contributing more guitar leads. Maatman also steps into the spotlight in a big way, her vocals noticeably foregrounded and confident, adding to the live performance feel that forms the foundation of Free Energy. The result is a record that celebrates music’s ability to move the body, whether that be through a teeth-rattling wall of MBV-esque noise, a sticky pop chorus, or a joyous drum machine—or, if you’re Dummy, maybe all of them in the same song.
Free Energy Tracklist:
1. Intro-UB
2. Soonish
3. Unshaped Road
4. Opaline Bubbletear
5. Blue Dada
6. Nullspace
7. Minus World
8. Dip In The Lake
9. Sudden Flutes
10. Psychic Battery
11. Nine Clean Nails
12. Godspin
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