Brighton based, Australia born artist Dez Dare (aka Darren Smallman) was well known in Victoria’s punk scene, he was a member of numerous bands, most notably Warped, and founded the Low Transit Industries label, however since 2010 he has resided on the south coast of the UK in Brighton where he has remained active. Dez Dare is now set to release his debut full length, Hairline Ego Trip, next month, the album is a home made lo-fi psych punk affair that almost defies description… almost. Whatever the soundtrack may convey, and we’ll come to that shortly, the punk ethos is embedded in the DNA of Dez Dare‘s debut, his distaste for everything that spews from the right is immediately apparent on the album’s opening duo of tracks, lead single Dumb Dumb Dumb and Consp...
