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No Monster Club
OriginDublin, Ireland
Genres
Years active2009 (2009)–present
Labels
  • Popical Island
  • Already Dead Tapes and Records
  • Mirror Universe Tapes
  • CF Records
  • Emotional Response Records

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]

Since 2016, an alternate version of his single Arms Across America has served as the theme song of The Alison Spittle Show podcast.[7]

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".[6] Some influences cited by the group include Animal Collective, Lionel Bart and ABBA.[8]

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

  1. ^ Cook, Martin (28 November 2018). "Music at Marrowbone Books: No Monster Club". Dublin InQuirer.
  2. ^ Hendicott, James (12 Nov 2017). "Wonderfully Weird: the Charming 60s-Pop World of No Monster Club"". Hendicott Writing.
  3. ^ Clayton-Lea, Tony (22 May 2020). "Sir Bobby Jukebox: Friendship Gift review – a riot of colour as pop songs". The Irish Times.
  4. ^ Wilson, Danny (5 February 2015). "ALBUM OF THE MONTH: NO MONSTER CLUB – PEOPLE ARE WEIRD". Totally Dublin.
  5. ^ Galil, Leor (5 October 2012). "The story behind No Monster Club's not-so-posthumous Posthumous Hits". The Chicago Reader.
  6. ^ a b Donelson, Marcy (2021). "No Monster Club biography". AllMusic.
  7. ^ "The Alison Spittle Show". Headstuff.
  8. ^ Rushe, Loreana (2014). "Track Record: Bobby Aherne". TheThinAir.
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