DICE announce debut record Midnight Zoo
Fast-rising Perth act DICE have announced their debut record, Midnight Zoo, is due for release on Friday, August 9. To celebrate the announcement, the band have also released a new single, This Is Not A Love Song, via Tone City Records.
The announcement comes after a breakout 2023 that included sold-out tours, international radio play, and a coveted spot on triple j’s Hottest 100. The band say Midnight Zoo promises a genre-bending journey from the dancefloor to dawn. “We find our love for music through its authenticity,” the band said. “There’s a certain beauty to creating music because it is a culmination of your own emotions, experiences and personality. Midnight Zoo is a window into what our lives have been like and the memories we’ve made during producing the record.”
Written, recorded and produced at Tone City Records, the debut album is an ode to their home as a band and their roots. “The ‘Midnight Zoo’ is the name we gave to Tone City Studios, the location of our creation,” DICE said of the forthcoming LP. “Termed ‘Midnight Zoo’ because of its long nights, wild energy and full moon recordings, this title just fits like a glove with both the tracks and its creation. It’s also always been a joke that the studio is like a zoo, and when it turns to night, that’s when the magic happens.”
The album’s lead single, This Is Not A Love Song, follows on from DICE picking up international radio play in the UK and Europe with their recent single, Quick To Judge.
The album announcement and new single come towards the end of DICE’s most recent lap around the country as part of the Quick To Judge Regional + Capital City Tour. For the band’s biggest tour to date, the originally announced 19-stop tour was extended to meet demand for tickets. DICE will wrap up the tour with a sold-out homecoming show at The Rechabite this Saturday, June 22.
DICE have announced their debut record Midnight Zoo is set for release on Friday, August 9, 2024. Pre-order the album now at sound-merch.com.au