Genres Indie pop Labels Chapter Music Record label Chapter Music | Years active 2008–present Genre Indie pop | |
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Origin Melbourne, Australia (2008) Albums Melbourne, Florida, Calendar Days, New Start Again, Arks Up, Alice EP Members Al Montfort, Steph Hughes, Rupert Edwards, Alistair McKay Similar Total Control, Twerps, Boomgates, The UV Race, Eddy Current Suppress Profiles | ||
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Dick Diver is an Australian four-piece indie pop band from Melbourne, Victoria (Australia). The band consists of Rupert Edwards (guitar) and Alistair McKay (guitar), Steph Hughes (drums) and Al Montfort (bass). It took its name from the character Dick Diver in the novel Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Origins and development
Dick Diver was formed in 2008, with guitarists Rupert Edwards and Alistair McKay, drummer Steph Hughes (Boomgates) and bassist Al Montfort (Total Control, UV Race, Lower Plenty et al). The band have been one of the more successful products of the "New Melbourne Jangle" scene, gaining traction in Australia and overseas. They are also the unwilling pioneers of a joke genre called "Dolewave".
In 2009, Dick Diver released their debut EP, Arks Up. Their debut album, New Start Again, was listed on a number of year’s end best-of polls, including from Mess and Noise.
All their records to date have been recorded by Mikey Young (of Total Control and Eddy Current Suppression Ring) in out of the way locations, including a farmhouse in the Dandenongs and a Philip Island holiday house.
Dick Diver shared a vinyl single with one of Montfort's other bands Lower Plenty, as part of the 2013 singles club series for iconic US label Matador.
Their 2013 album Calendar Days was named by The Guardian as the best Australian album of 2013, and the second best album by Mess and Noise. It was nominated for The Age's Music Victoria Awards in the category of Best Album and Best Band, as well as appearing on best-of 2013 lists from the Sydney Morning Herald, The Music, Buzzfeed, Faster Louder, Beat, and The Finest Kiss.
Studio albums
EPs
Songs
Waste The AlphabetMelbourne - Florida · 2015
Tearing the Posters DownMelbourne - Florida · 2015
Year In PicturesMelbourne - Florida · 2015