No Monster Club
No Monster Club | |
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| Origin | Dublin, Ireland |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
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No Monster Club is the DIY indie pop project of Irish musician Bobby Aherne,[1][2] also known as Dublin Duck Dispensary and Sir Bobby Jukebox.[3][4]
Since its inception in 2009, the act has released a number of albums, split releases and EPs, alternating between a solo project and a full band.[5][6]
The music video for their 2012 single La La Land was later named as one of Nialler9's "50 best Irish music videos of all-time".[7] They performed this single on Chic-a-Go-Go in 2013,[8] performed a WFMU session in 2016,[9] and have toured several times with The Polyphonic Spree.[10]
Since 2016, an alternate version of their single Arms Across America has served as the theme song of The Alison Spittle Show podcast.[11] Their 2015 single I've Retired features in the movie Let The Wrong One In.[12]
Musical style
According to AllMusic biographer Marcy Donelson, No Monster Club "merges retro-minded garage-pop and elements of lo-fi psychedelia with passionate performances and ever-present tunefulness".[13]
In a review of 2016's I Feel Magic album, The Irish Times drew comparisons to the songwriting styles of Kevin Ayers, Syd Barrett and Nikki Sudden.[14]
Some influences cited by the group include Animal Collective, Lionel Bart and ABBA.[15]
Discography
Studio albums
- Tropical Decibels Volume One (2009)
- Tropical Decibels Volume Two (2010)
- BRAIN HEAT WAVE (2010)
- Dublin (2012)
- Posthumous Hits (2012)
- Foie Gras (2013)
- People Are Weird (2015)
- I Feel Magic (2016)
- deadbeat effervescent (2022)
EPs
- Young Guts Champion (2011)
- Panda Kid Meet No Monster Club (2011)
- The Community Games (2013)
- Where Did You Get That Milkshake? (2016)
References
- ↑ Cook, Martin (28 November 2018). "Music at Marrowbone Books: No Monster Club". Dublin InQuirer.
- ↑ Hendicott, James (12 Nov 2017). "Wonderfully Weird: the Charming 60s-Pop World of No Monster Club". Hendicott Writing.
- ↑ Clayton-Lea, Tony (22 May 2020). "Sir Bobby Jukebox: Friendship Gift review – a riot of colour as pop songs". The Irish Times.
- ↑ Wilson, Danny (5 February 2015). "ALBUM OF THE MONTH: NO MONSTER CLUB – PEOPLE ARE WEIRD". Totally Dublin.
- ↑ Galil, Leor (5 October 2012). "The story behind No Monster Club's not-so-posthumous Posthumous Hits". The Chicago Reader.
- ↑ Clayton-Lea, Tony (13 Feb 2015). "No Monster Club - People Are Weird album review". The Irish Times.
- ↑ Byrne, Niall (May 3, 2018). "The 50 best Irish music videos of all-time". Nialler9.
- ↑ "No Monster Club on Chic-A-Go-Go". YouTube. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
- ↑ "Prove It All Night! with Pat Byrne: Playlist from October 1, 2016". WFMU. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
- ↑ Ward, James (Aug 21, 2015). "Polyphonic Spree on touring: 'When it's happening, there's nothing better than that'". Irish Mirror.
- ↑ "The Alison Spittle Show". Headstuff.
- ↑ McPartland, Rory (April 4, 2022). "'I've Retired' by No Monster Club featured in the vampire comedy 'Let the Wrong One In'". Tremolo Music Publishing.
- ↑ Donelson, Marcy (2021). "No Monster Club biography". AllMusic.
- ↑ Clayton-Lea, Tony (19 Feb 2016). "No Monster Club - I feel Magic: less cartoon, more drama, and all the better for it". The Irish Times.
- ↑ Rushe, Loreana (2014). "Track Record: Bobby Aherne". TheThinAir.
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