by Rob Jones
The extremely prolific Dez Dare returns in March with a new album titled ‘A Billion Goats. A Billion Sparks. Fin.’ Released March 1st, it’s his first release for God Unknown Records and continues on his mission to self-produce and create the fuzziest, most unsettling psychedelic sounds he can muster, cut with a disorientating electronic Devo-like twist.
On past records Dare has fought beasts and beats alike, waging a fuzz war and tackling the biggest topics the world has to face: Doom scrolling, capitalist demagogues, a passionate dislike of the beach in summer. On this record he leaves the sardonic frustration behind for sarcastic existentialism, zeroing in on the big philosophical questions, and the pedantic shards of nonsense that make up our existence.
Piling up the synths, noise boxes and guitar pedals, Dez set about building a soundscape of noise and ideas around the nature of reality, time, and how we interact with them. From the music you would play in your last moments, to the reverse Darwinism of modern society, to arguing with time itself, and very boring people talking at you, all is covered here for the aspiring existentialist.
Back in January he released a new video for the first single and opening track on the album called ‘Got A Fire In My Socket’ and its on You Tube.
The self-produced Australian has spent over 3 decades producing music, releasing and touring bands, and doing live sound for z-grade metal bands. Growing up in the coastal town of Geelong(Djilang) in Australia, he was introduced to the DIY punk and rock scene at 15 and this community and the ideas rooted in the underground music scene have guided his output and ethics throughout his career. This year Dez will be joining forces with label titans God Unknown (Cassels / Duke Garwood /James Johnston + Steve Gullick / KLÄMP / Oneida / Laura Loriga / Monster Magnet /Wellwater Conspiracy [Soundgarden + Monster Magnet]) and will be producing a deluxe version of the album on blob colour vinyl and includes a comic book illustrated by Mike Keane.
In true nerd fashion the comic also features top 10s by Dez, Jason Stoll (God Unknown), Matthew Barnhart (Chicago Mastering Service), Mike Keane, and the album illustrator MALMALL. Across the drone of noise and washed out guitars of the final track, ‘A Billion Voices Screaming, Hello Void!’, the chant repeats “We all return to where we begun…” which encapsulates the message that Dare delivers. We are all made from the same stardust and we all return to the universe that spat us out, we just need to enjoy the many shards of nonsense on that swift descent into the void.
Dezdare.com
godunknownrecords.com
