
Dumb Things are an indie pop band from Brisbane, Queensland. Their distinctive slacker-jangle perfectly reflects the sub-tropical Queensland climate, bright and carefree and shimmering, quick to shrug off the occasional wistful and melancholy overtones. Owing a sonic debt not just to Queensland forebears like The Go-Betweens and The Apartments, but also the next wave of Australian indie bands who also mined that same fertile ground for inspiration like Dick Diver, Twerps and The Ocean Party. [read more...]