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SEA GIRLS
With their debut album announced, Sea Girls are ready for more. Frontman Henry Camamile reveals the full story so far.
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Three albums deep, and - as PVRIS prepare to go bigger than ever before - Lynn Gunn is taking the limelight for herself.
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PERFUME GENIUS
Not shy of critical acclaim, Perfume Genius’ latest album isn’t willing to stand still.
We get it, Dear Reader. You’re bored and in lockdown. You’ve cooked lord-knows-how-many fancy dinners. You’ve had more conversations with pot plants than you can possibly imagine. You’ve dyed your hair an impossibly-bright colour you found in a cupboard just so you can say you’ve done something, and you’ve tidied the kitchen so many times you’re pretty sure you should be giving yourself a pay rise. Does washing-up ever end? Christ, you’ve even taken up running again just to find an excuse to get out of the house that doesn’t involve emptying the bins for the third time this week. Entertainment is needed. Well, we’ve got you covered. Despite the world falling apart at the seams, your mates at Dork know that pop never sleeps - so, we’ve committed to keep on at it as if nothing is happening. Yes, there may be no gigs. No, festivals don’t look like they’re happening. Perhaps half the albums released over the next three months have packed their bags and fucked off to Q3 or 4, but we’re keeping on printing magazines and talking nonsense until we fall on our 99p shop plastic swords. Unto the breach! Not everyone has evacuated their musical responsibilities, though. This month’s cover stars Sea Girls have just announced their debut album. With that on the agenda, we sat down with frontman Henry for a warts-and-all chat that opens up a whole new side to one of 2020’s most likely new acts. It’s an essential read. What a champ.
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Cavetown
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Cheap Cuts
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Chelsea Peretti
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Ciel
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Coach Party
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Cona Gray
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Diet Cig
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BACK TO SCHOOL
Dua Lipa
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HALLOWEENS
ENTER SHIKARI
EMPRESS OF
HAZEL ENGLISH
With her debut finally here, Hazel English is offering a wake-up call.
Easy Life Egyptian Blue
HINDS
Just Like Kids (Miau)
smiling-you-idiot best. Like a cocktail with an umbrella falling down a concrete staircase and landing without a drop spilled, it’s chaotically brilliant.
Hinds’ new album may have ‘gone back’ due to ‘events’, DUA LIPA but this track from it Love Again Yes, we know that sees the quartet at actually the hook their no-you-stop-
from the de-facto best song on Dua’s new album ‘Future Nostalgia’ is a sample of a thing that’s also sampled by another song, but White Town’s ‘Your Woman’ is an inter-generational megabop, so shut the fuck up, yeah? Cheers.
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Empress Of
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Enter Shikari
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Foals
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Georgia
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Girl In Red Halloweens Happyness Hazel English Hinds
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Isaac Dunbar
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Joe & The Shitboys
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L Devine Larkins
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Lauran Hibberd
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Lily Moore
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Marketplace
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Marsicans
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Maya Hawke
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Mellah
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Milk Teeth
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Moses Sumney
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Orlando Weeks
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Pete Wentz
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Poppy
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Porridge Radio
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PVRIS
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Rina Sawayama Sea Girls Self Esteem
this here, should we? Not long to wait now.
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Charli XCX
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ON THE DORK STEREO THIS MONTH...
No, we can’t tell you anything. Nope, even if you beg. Sorry. Can’t. You’ll have to wait for next month. Stop asking. Go away. Shut up. God, we shouldn’t even have written
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Notes on a Conditional Form
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Locked down but still productive, Empress Of’s latest record is a pop delight.
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THE 1975
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Brockhampton
Declan McKenna
Think you know what to expect from Enter Shikari? Think again.
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Courtney Barnett
Side projects may generally be a bit snooze, but Justinfrom-the-Vaccines and his mate are much better than that.
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You could sit and moan about lockdown, or you could do something like this lot.
100s of bands, direct from their own homes? Yeah, Dork is throwing an ‘online festival’. Get the details.
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Sorry
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Sports Team
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Squid
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Taylor Janzen The 1975 The Big Moon
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The Chats
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The Driver Era
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The Xcerts
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Thyla
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Troye Sivan
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Twenty One Pilots
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Tyla Parx
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Vistas Yard Act
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Yep, our good ‘friend’ COVID-19 is here, and it’s wreaking havoc. As lives are sadly lost, and the world deals with lockdowns, social distancing and a need to adapt while solutions are found, the music community finds itself tipped upside down. No live shows, delayed releases and an audience confined to their own homes, it’d be easy to focus on the negatives. But in amongst the chaos, some bright sparks are finding new ways to thrive...
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dy More? After a string of huge indie megabangers, upstart four-piece Sea Girls are announcing their debut album. The story behind it, though, is far from care-free. Frontman Henry Camamile explains all... Words: Jamie Muir.
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This month it’s...
GEORGIA
Which defunct band would you most like to reform? The Fugees. Who is your favourite member of One Direction Zayn. What was the first record you bought? Tina Turner - ‘River Deep Mountain High’.
What did you last dream about? Hmm, well it’s hard to remember I’ve been having such deep sleeps recently. It was something to do with panic and corona, I think.
What strength Nandos sauce do you order? I don’t eat Nandos, never have and never will!
How punk are you out of ten? Hmmm, around 8 or 9. What is your earliest memory? Not sure, I haven’t thought about that ever. Let me think… my earliest memory is being a conductor and conducting my friends in my bedroom in our first flat. I was probably around 5 or something. What’s the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to you? This horrible girl in Year 7 shouted I had nits in front of everyone in a class. I was so humiliated.
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Have you ever had an imaginary What’s your fave TV show? friend? It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I never had one, but I used to play lots of imaginary games. Have you ever been banned from somewhere? What’s your favourite midnight Yes, many nightclubs. snack? Hmmm, it used to be a cheese What’s your middle name? toastie with either Marmite or Rose Harriet. Branson Pickle, now I don’t allow What’s the furthest you’ve myself midnight snacks, lol. travelled to attend someone What was the last thing you else’s gig? broke? Peckham. My lava lamp, I literally just Do you snore? broke it. Nope. P Do you believe in aliens? Not really, I believe there must be Georgia’s album ‘Seeking Thrills’ is out now. life outside of our universe.
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If you could have a super power of your choosing, what would it be? The one they have in Star Trek, where you can beam to anywhere you want. That would solve all the travelling and carbon footprint I have.
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If you were on Mastermind, what would your specialist subject be? Chicago House Music, 19831987.
What’s your biggest fear? Snakes.
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