DUNE RATS // Share Summer Anthem ‘Up’

Nov 06, 2021 / WORDS Chanel Issa / Brissie punkers Dune Rats are coming in hot with their new summer anthem Up.

Brissie punkers Dune Rats are coming in hot with their new summer anthem Up, out now through Ratbag Records/BMG.

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“Up was written on the far South Coast of Australia in a small town called Eden,” the band says. “It was bloody freezing at the time, so it felt necessary to write a summer tune. We ended up making this feel-good banger that was way different from anything we’d written before.”

They add, “We stumbled across the song while having a good time fucking around and cracking each other up. At first, we were reluctant to show anyone because of how different it sounded but eventually thought fuck it and embraced the tuneski!”

The Dunies have also shared its official music video, a tongue-in-cheek take on the heavily choreographed pop clips of the 2000s. It was shot in Brisbane, with the help of Natalie Sim and Alex Flamsteed from MTMM, and sees the trio take on the role of posties delivering tax returns, eventuating in an alleyway brawl involving thugs, stubbies, and a whole lot of dancing.

“It took a couple of weeks to learn the Up dance in between every rehearsal, sound check and show during our Duniespalooza shows in Brisbane. Then we went straight into a three day shoot with a nasty four-nights-in-a-row hangover… Was intense, but more than worth it!” they add.

Dune Rats will appear at a stack of upcoming festivals, including Party In The Apocalypse in Launceston on December 3rd and This That Festival in Newcastle on February 26th.