| Release Date | 18/07/2025 |
| Format | LP Black |
| Label | Chiverin |
| Catalogue Number | CHIV140V |
Few bands manage to blur the lines between music, art, and escapism quite like Dirty Nice. Split between London and Lisbon, the UK six-piece have been quietly building a cult following with their unique brand of surrealist indie-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 album and most ambitious project yet.
Led by the inventive duo of Charlie Pelling and Mark Thompson, Dirty Nice have 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-sensory experience online that’s as much about the visuals as it is the hooks. Think MGMT’s day-glo pop meets the Flaming Lips’ psychedelic theatrics, but with a distinctly British eccentricity that also draws inspiration from Charlie’s time composing for cult Channel 4 hit ‘Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared’.
‘Planet Weekend’ is Dirty Nice at their most refined yet. An amusement park inspired by 1990s television adverts providing the perfect home for this oddball troupe of characters. Leaning into their signature cocktail of glitch-pop and guitar-driven funky, psychedelic indie, the album explores themes of isolation, love, fantasy and the hazy limbo between virtual and real life.
Although ‘Planet Weekend’ sees them stepping fully into their own, earlier Dirty Nice albums ‘Surrenderland’ (2023) and ‘Lobster’ (2021) already hinted at their potential. Tracks like ‘SHARK!’, which made its way onto the BBC Radio 1 Introducing playlist, and ‘This Is Gonna Hurt’, a 6 Music and sync favourite, showcased their knack for crafting ear-worms. Meanwhile, Rolling Stone, DIY, MTV and The Line of Best Fit praised their surreal, otherworldly charm.
Live, they’ve turned heads too - 2024’s UK tour saw fans packing into venues to 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.
“Charming mix of off-kilter melodies and classic songwriting chops” - The FADER
Tracklist
Planet Weekend
Another Life
What I Wanna Hear
Like Best Friends
Attraction #1 - Alien Abduction
If I Was Abducted By Aliens
That's What We Do
Coco Leche
Attraction #2 - A Fortune Telling
Better If We Don't
Devastated (By You)
Merry-Go-Round Girl
Attraction #3 - The Hall of Mirrors
Who Do I Talk To To Make A Complaint
What If Love Was A Slot Machine?
Attraction #4 - Ferris Wheel
Spit
Planet Weekend - News Report