Bad//Dreems

Overview

In years to come, when music critics reflect on this time period of Australian music, one song will ring loud – Bad//Dreems’ 'Hoping For'.  And such critics will say, how was this not on Triple’s J’s 2013 Hottest 100? Or 2014? Or of all time? How was there no push for this tune to replace our current national anthem? Bad//Dreems are a perfect encapsulation of modern Oz-rock and, as of late, have been stomping, screaming and strumming their way out of pubs and onto bigger stages.

There’s something richly unique about Bad//Dreems’ sound – imagine Sid Vicious, Bon Scott and Farny sitting around a campfire, and stringing tunes together. There are traces of punk amongst riff-heavy rock, matched with knock-about lyrics and rasped vocals of lead singer Ben Marwe. They’ve just released new single 'Dumb Ideas', but before that was 'Caroline', 'Chills', 'Too Old' and of course Hoping For.

If you haven’t heard of Bad//Dreems that’s okay - like all great pub rock, they’ve kept on the down low, confining their performances to hotels, RSLs and taverns, with the occasional hip dance-club in there for good measure. Now they’re branching out further, performing this Saturday at Rocking Horse Records in the city. Our local legends Tempura Nights will be supporting at this all ages show – that means no tallies, okay.  You can grab a ticket for a blue swimmer ($10) and the afternoon will kick off at 1pm.