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A Billion Goats. A Billion Sparks. Fin.

by Dez Dare

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1.
Wires Connecting the fire, directing the faults Frayed + strange, faded cycles, all day Fizzing collapse, this won't take long Tangled existence, your face calls me home Void weighs down on the outboard sound! Shimmer in my head, 1,000,000 connections spark Void weighs down on the outboard sound! Wires Brick by brick, the day rebuilds Compartments filled, all lined up Jagged vision, this won't take long Tangled existence, your face calls me home Got a fire, got a fire, got a fire, in my socket
2.
Wider than the vastest daydream The grandest beast Golden scene Grey + green plumes building Brick by brick align Metal clambers up so high Plastic giggles in piles Across the city + minds Lies upon lies, denial 10,000 options across 30,000 featured posts Do you ever feel filed? I mean fulfilled? Wait, I mean valid? Collections upon collections Catalogues piled high Enough data to fill 10 Olympic swimming pools I need a break, I need to break, things! The key to breakage is usage Have you used your multipurpose juicer, broiler + arsehole bleacher in the past 3 months? Then smash it all up! Gotta weigh it all up! Gotta smash it all up! Gotta break the trap, matter vs matter + that
3.
Is your objection built on time Is your time based on collections Collections of indifferent definites Thousands beg explain the point Nearly there I swear, I got more time Quicker for you coz I live on HI Closer to the ground, it all speeds by… Collections of minds, could never fool time 10,000 monkeys cried We ain’t got time Growing old is for the bored Like a 10 tonne boot, kicking us… kicking us… kicking us… kicking us… kicking us… kicking us… kicking us… Into the void!
4.
Gotta dire intoxication, with sublimation Silence falls on, a devil's proclamation Wait! That won't get me likes That won't promote my faux personality I guess someone else will fix it right? No one wants to hear it! Set a b-line for, my annihilation Gotta dire suffocation, yeah it’s got me racin’ Gotta dire suffocation…
5.
Gotta cold feeling, when you look me in the eye Gotta cold feeling, sounds are melting, splicing time Splits in reality, my only way out Gotta cold feeling, gonna have to hear you out Gotta cold feeling, so freakin’ banal Gotta cold feeling, day x day x day x day It hurts my head, I ain’t got time, time, time Gotta cold feeling, you’re in my ear again tonight Gotta cold feeling
6.
I'm sorry, I am not always easy Paths aren’t always clean I'm sorry, I can't always be kind The wires don't connect sometimes Don't Don’t you see My waves aren’t free Moments, in space, climbing far from us Fragility, in words, can’t hold us tight now
7.
Wait in line for the millionth time The beating sun, can’t control my smile Prepare the line, beaten + declined Jagged hollow beasts, destroyed on HI Call my City, don't call my telephone Got no space for your passive face Call my City, don't call my telephone Clouds are piling in, defining tides Gotta square you out, divide the time + down I catch ya looking, square into my eye The beast is hollowed, jagged + defined
8.
Josephine's, gonna catch the light, shiny days in the baked light Josephine's, thoughts race all night, fellow hearts gather, in defiant plight Josephine's, gonna be alright, long days bleed, gotta speak her mind Josephine's, gonna shout across time, beating down closed minds Josephine, Josephine, Josephine says explode
9.
Got a box, question to define Does it go away if we deny Annihilation up on HI Annihilation we deny
10.
A confirmed hallucination takes hold Brain sees, eyes closed An external perception casting doubt A trick of light, brain drained out Hours in days. Seconds in mind. Vision corrects the selfs misdirection. Don’t you see the mirror, the horror inside Projections based on tradition + bias Don’t you see the mirror, reflecting on you The hate + the judgement because they’re not like you
11.
Warmth washing, drifting across our chests Bloodied sun, passing by + onto the rest Fears start to wash, purged from my thoughts The darkest wrap, covers, encloses Drifting away, it feels like home, scattered in billions of bytes filling the whole When the call comes, fear not for what's been done, we all return to where we begun… A billion screams, hello Void!

about

"Dez Dare blends squalid punk sounds with aspects of brown acid psychedelia, building into something uniquely wild and colourful. The Australian psych-punk legend is a true underground hero - 'Got A Fire In My Socket' is a real ear-worm." Clash

"There's an anarchic joy to Smallman's DIY production" The Wire

"Pulsing electro-punk." Vive Le Rock

"Infectious psychedelic punk trash like a Weird Al Yankovic from the happy part of hell." Luminous Dash

"The fierce delivery of the lyrics captures Dez Dare’s unique and powerful vocal style, searing through all the immense instrumentation components and marking the vision with this passionate punch." Circuit Sweet

"This is nuts, plinky plonky electro psycho nuts plinky plonky guitar lunacy!" Fighting Boredom

Dez Dare ventures further into the void than ever before on his 4th album and the 1st to be released via God Unknown Records, ‘A Billion Goats. A Billion Sparks. Fin.’.

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.

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.

credits

released March 1, 2024

Written + produced + designed by Darren Smallman.
Mastered by Matthew Barnhart @ Chicago Mastering Service.
Cover illustrations by MALMALL.
Comic illustrations by Mike Keane.

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'A Billion Goats. A Billion Sparks. Fin.' album out Mar 1st on God Unknown Records

"Dez Dare blends squalid punk sounds with aspects of brown acid psychedelia, building into something uniquely wild and colourful. The Australian psych-punk legend is a true underground hero" Clash

"Pulsing electro-punk." Vive Le Rock
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