Dummy

L.A. group Dummy take a subtly nuanced approach to their brand of noisy indie pop, balancing chiming guitars, motorik rhythms and sweetly sung melodies with walls of distortion, overloaded keyboards, and manipulated found sounds. Early releases identified them as a band who had done their vinyl homework, seamlessly folding half a century of influences into their sound. 2021's Mandatory Enjoyment, and their 2022 single for Sub Pop, began to make their case as equals to the groups from whom they had so artfully borrowed, while 2024's Free Energy finds the band branching out into more danceable rhythms and new age-influenced soundscapes.