Few bands manage to blur the lines between music, art, and escapism quitelike Dirty Nice. Split between London and Lisbon, the UK six-piece havebeen quietly building a cult following with their unique brand of surrealistindie-pop - a sound that flits between playful whimsy and emotional depth,with enough glitchy production and offbeat charm to keep you guessing.Now, they’re throwing open the gates to Planet Weekend, their third albumand most ambitious project yet.Led by the inventive duo of Charlie Pelling and Mark Thompson, Dirty Nicehave a knack for pulling you into their oddball world. Known as much for their self-made animations as their music, they’ve created a multi-sensoryexperience online that’s as much about the visuals as it is the hooks. ThinkMGMT’s day-glo pop meets the Flaming Lips’ psychedelic theatrics, but witha distinctly British eccentricity that also draws inspiration from Charlie’s timecomposing for cult Channel 4 hit ‘Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared’.‘Planet Weekend’ is Dirty Nice at their most refined yet. An amusement parkinspired by 1990s television adverts providing the perfect home for thisoddball troupe of characters. Leaning into their signature cocktail of glitchpopand guitar-driven funky, psychedelic indie, the album explores themes ofisolation, love, fantasy and the hazy limbo between virtual and real life.Although ‘Planet Weekend’ sees them stepping fully into their own, earlierDirty Nice albums ‘Surrenderland’ (2023) and ‘Lobster’ (2021) already hintedat their potential. Tracks like ‘SHARK!’, which made its way onto the BBCRadio 1 Introducing playlist, and ‘This Is Gonna Hurt’, a 6 Music and syncfavourite, showcased their knack for crafting ear-worms. Meanwhile, RollingStone, DIY, MTV and The Line of Best Fit praised their surreal, otherworldlycharm.Live, they’ve turned heads too - 2024’s UK tour saw fans packing into venuesto experience what can only be described as a trip through Dirty Nice’s ‘weird and wonderful’ universe. In 2025 they bring their show to stages across once more, including a performance at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend and a UK and European tour in Autumn.
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