Yes, it’s happened – the Dunies have debuted at #1 on the ARIA charts with their second album, beating out some tough competition to nab the coveted number one spot.
The boys took to social media today to thank fans for grabbing the album, while also beating the heat in glorious fashion by taking a dip with their brand new award.
“Our new album has somehow landed at #1 on the Australian Aria charts! Can’t explain how much this means to us and we cannot thank everyone enough for the crazy amount of support you’ve shown!
“We started this band to quit our telemarketing jobs and live on free beer and centerlink. We are absolutely gobsmacked. THANK YOU!!! We still live at home with our parents.”
We’re sure they’ll be able to find a spot on the folks’ mantlepiece for that one.
They were the favourites to take out the number one spot, but they had to knock off a couple of animated kids movie soundtracks (seriously, those things are unstoppable), not to mention yet another Human Nature record. The most notable competition came from the Unified-signed Ocean Grove, who were also predicted to leap into the top three with their debut album The Rhapsody Tapes, but eventually landed at a very respectable fifth spot.
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While Dunies certainly helped their chances at chart glory by jumping on the Laneway lineup and running all over the country just before the album dropped, and scoring the triple j feature album spot a few weeks back, their constant stream of video hijinks on social media has also kept them on everyone’s radars too.
The appearance of album singles ‘Bullshit’ and ‘Scott Green’ at numbers 33 and 34 respectively on this year’s Hottest 100 countdown always bode well for the trio too, and their hardcore following of Rats devotees obviously put their money where their mouths were and grabbed the record this week.
Congrats to the Dunies for a well-deserved win this week (thanks for a fun arvo too, guys). If you’re one of the lucky ones who scored tickets to their sold-out album tour in March with Skegss and The Gooch Palms (okay, Fremantle are still dragging their feet, but we’re sure that’ll be tapped shortly), you’ll be in for a victory lap to remember.
