No Monster Club

Last updated
No Monster Club
Origin Dublin, 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]

Contents

Since their debut release in 2009, they have recorded a number of albums, split releases and EPs, alternating between a solo project and a full band. [5] [6]

The music video for their 2012 single La La Land was named as one of Nialler9's "50 best Irish music videos of all-time". [7] They performed this single on Chic-a-Go-Go in 2013, [8] performed a WFMU session in 2016, [9] and have toured several times with The Polyphonic Spree. [10]

An alternate version of their single Arms Across America was used as the theme song of The Alison Spittle Show podcast. [11] Their 2015 single I've Retired was featured in the movie Let The Wrong One In. [12] They contributed original music to the Dublin Fringe Festival musical Trial of the Centurys, [13] and to the RTÉ Jr Radio series Nero's Class. [14]

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". [15]

In a review of 2016's I Feel Magic album, The Irish Times drew comparisons to the songwriting styles of Kevin Ayers, Syd Barrett and Nikki Sudden. [16] In his 2019 book Perfect Sound Whatever, James Acaster called this album "A good old quirky bit of fun". [17]

Some influences cited by the group include Animal Collective, Lionel Bart and ABBA. [18]

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

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References

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  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. ↑ Clayton-Lea, Tony (13 Feb 2015). "No Monster Club - People Are Weird album review". The Irish Times.
  7. ↑ Byrne, Niall (May 3, 2018). "The 50 best Irish music videos of all-time". Nialler9.
  8. ↑ "No Monster Club on CHic-A-Go-Go". YouTube . Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Prove It All Night! with Pat Byrne: Playlist from October 1, 2016". WFMU . Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  10. ↑ Ward, James (Aug 21, 2015). "Polyphonic Spree on touring: 'When it's happening, there's nothing better than that'". Irish Mirror.
  11. ↑ "The Alison Spittle Show". Headstuff.
  12. ↑ McPartland, Rory (April 4, 2022). "'I've Retired' by No Monster Club featured in the vampire comedy 'Let the Wrong One In'". Tremolo Music Publishing.
  13. ↑ Murphy, Lauren (August 19, 2018). "Jedward put us up to this, say Trial of the Centurys creators Giles Brody and Bobby Aherne". The Times.
  14. ↑ O'Sullivan, Eoghan (October 18, 2022). "Podcast Corner: Shows that will entertain and inform listeners of all ages". Irish Examiner.
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  16. ↑ Clayton-Lea, Tony (19 Feb 2016). "No Monster Club - I feel Magic: less cartoon, more drama, and all the better for it". The Irish Times.
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