Dune Rats announce new album ‘Real Rare Whale’

February 13, 2022 James Weaver

DUNE RATS have announced a new album!

Titled Real Rare Whale, the upcoming album from the Australian alternative trio is the follow-up to 2020’s Hurry Up And Wait, and is scheduled to be released in June this year, via Ratbag Records/BMG.

Recorded with acclaimed producer Scott Horscroft, the band relocated to Eden on the south coast of New South Wales for three months at the height of the pandemic and set out to write an album that was opposite to the negativity going on in the world. The result intends to be an album full of fun and melodic rock n’ roll. “Real Rare Whale is hands down the fastest, funnest and most insane album we’ve ever recorded,” the band says on recording the album. “It’s an album that expresses the love of music and writing songs. Songs that will be epic to play live to thousands of sweaty bodies having a great time. We waited until now to release it as we know it won’t be long until shows start back up and we can be where we are meant to be, on stage having fun.”

“From the first track to the last, each song was written with the sole purpose of being the ‘other songs’ to what we were hearing on the radio,” they continue. “The songs to forget about what was going on at the time and reflecting on what made us start being a band in the first place. Teaming up with Scott Horscroft, who has long been a friend, was a dream come true. We respect him so much as a producer that we knew he was the person to bring depth to these tunes whilst keeping them in the DUNIES ethos.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; What A Memorable Night. The new song is the second single to be released from the upcoming album; following on from UP which was released in November last year.

Speaking about the new song and its accompanying music video, the band adds, “we wrote this song as a tribute to all of the memorable nights that we’ve had with our close mates. The ones that none of us can really remember, but the skewed stories, whether right or wrong, always outlive the memories. We shot the drinking part of the video on BC’s birthday – the most memorable night of the year! Then filmed the performance clip with a crew of legends from Hype Republic, who we met filming a movie called Six Festivals which we’re super psyched about.”

Watch the official music video for What A Memorable Night here:

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List:

1. LTD
2. Dumb TV
3. UP
4. Pamela Aniston
5. What A Memorable Night
6. Skate Or Don’t
7. Space Cadet
8. Melted Into Two
9. Drink All Day
10. If This Is The End