For Bad//Dreems, being in a band comes with certain responsibilities. Using your brain, for example, is something that is crucially important to the Adelaide quintet, both when it comes to crafting music, and what they’re using it to say.“In Australia, there’s a lot of pub-rock bands,” vocalist/guitarist Ben Marwe says. “That carries with it certain notions of blokeishness and laddy behaviour, which are things we don’t subscribe to. With Bad//Dreems we’re focusing on strong songwriting, lyrics with meaning, and playing music we love. We’re not interested in labels.”There’s certainly a great deal of meaning that can be drawn from the band’s excellent third album, Doomsday Ballet. A groovy collection of charismatic rock songs, it’s a record whose dark heart belies its surface ...
