Dummy

Dummy is an avant-pop band based in Los Angeles. Their debut LP Mandatory Enjoyment came out in Oct 2021 on Trouble In Mind, following two cassette EPs on Pop Wig and Born Yesterday, respectively. The band is Emma, Nathan, Mark, Alex and Joe, and they appear courtesy of Trouble In Mind Records.

Dummy follows up their debut LP “Mandatory Enjoyment” with two songs for the Sub Pop Singles Club. The A-Side, “Mono Retriever” is a baroque-drone-pop rager that imagines what a punk Free Design song might sound like. The lyrics criticize the corporate greenwashing and dishonesty at the root of ecological devastation. On the B-Side, “Pepsi Vacuum” the band experiments with sampling and digital editing, taking inspiration from 90’s ambient and chill-out music. As a lyrical counterpoint, “Pepsi Vacuum” is about the spirituality of nature; the powerful feeling of universality and connection, down to the molecular level. The two songs function as mirrors, referencing the other musically, and both sharing oceanic lyrical themes.