Dune Rats have finished polishing off some new tunes, according to a recent post to the Queensland trio’s Instagram account. The band’s last recorded appearance dropped in July when they appeared on the latest single from rapper Drapht.

‘Mexico’, taken from the emcee’s new album 7 Mirrors, followed on from ‘Bullshit’, Dune Rats’ last single, which dropped back in May and marked the band’s first new music in two years.

There hasn’t been any new music from the Dunies since, but that should be about to change soon. “LAST DAY POLISHIN CHUNES AT MACS. CHEERS TO ALL THE FELLAS HELPIN US OUT!!! CANT WAIT TO DROP NEW SHIT ON Y’ALL,” the band wrote on Instagram.

‘Bullshit’ was the culmination of a newly minted working relationship with Zac Carper, whom the trio met when they supported FIDLAR across the United States and Canada for two months last year as part of a massive 27-date North American tour.

Carper took the boys from recording sessions staged inside an RV en route to Joshua Tree, California to a Melbourne studio where the latest stash of new Dunies gear was cooked up. The boys’ recent post suggests these tracks could now be mixed and mastered.

There’s been no word yet on a new Dune Rats album, but according to triple j’s 2016 Aussie Release Schedule, a new EP is scheduled for release some time this year via Warner and the band’s own Ratbag Records.

Speaking of Ratbag Records, the label recently announced its latest signing, punky Danish trio Molly. The Australian slash New Zealand release of their self-titled album will go down on 16th September and is preceded by the release of lead single ‘Bagu Bagu’.

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