{"product_id":"dirty-nice-planet-weekend","title":"Dirty Nice - Planet Weekend","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew bands manage to blur the lines between music, art, and escapism quite\u003cbr\u003elike Dirty Nice. Split between London and Lisbon, the UK six-piece have\u003cbr\u003ebeen quietly building a cult following with their unique brand of surrealist\u003cbr\u003eindie-pop - a sound that flits between playful whimsy and emotional depth,\u003cbr\u003ewith enough glitchy production and offbeat charm to keep you guessing.\u003cbr\u003eNow, they’re throwing open the gates to Planet Weekend, their third album\u003cbr\u003eand most ambitious project yet.\u003cbr\u003eLed by the inventive duo of Charlie Pelling and Mark Thompson, Dirty Nice\u003cbr\u003ehave a knack for pulling you into their oddball world. Known as much for their self-made animations as their music, they’ve created a multi-sensory\u003cbr\u003eexperience online that’s as much about the visuals as it is the hooks. Think\u003cbr\u003eMGMT’s day-glo pop meets the Flaming Lips’ psychedelic theatrics, but with\u003cbr\u003ea distinctly British eccentricity that also draws inspiration from Charlie’s time\u003cbr\u003ecomposing for cult Channel 4 hit ‘Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared’.\u003cbr\u003e‘Planet Weekend’ is Dirty Nice at their most refined yet. An amusement park\u003cbr\u003einspired by 1990s television adverts providing the perfect home for this\u003cbr\u003eoddball troupe of characters. Leaning into their signature cocktail of glitchpop\u003cbr\u003eand guitar-driven funky, psychedelic indie, the album explores themes of\u003cbr\u003eisolation, love, fantasy and the hazy limbo between virtual and real life.\u003cbr\u003eAlthough ‘Planet Weekend’ sees them stepping fully into their own, earlier\u003cbr\u003eDirty Nice albums ‘Surrenderland’ (2023) and ‘Lobster’ (2021) already hinted\u003cbr\u003eat their potential. Tracks like ‘SHARK!’, which made its way onto the BBC\u003cbr\u003eRadio 1 Introducing playlist, and ‘This Is Gonna Hurt’, a 6 Music and sync\u003cbr\u003efavourite, showcased their knack for crafting ear-worms. Meanwhile, Rolling\u003cbr\u003eStone, DIY, MTV and The Line of Best Fit praised their surreal, otherworldly\u003cbr\u003echarm.\u003cbr\u003eLive, they’ve turned heads too - 2024’s UK tour saw fans packing into venuesto experience what can only be described as a trip through Dirty Nice’s ‘weird and wonderful’ universe. In 2025 they bring their show to stages across once more, including a performance at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend and a UK and European tour in Autumn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Virgin Records","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":53345626947907,"sku":"RPT-08173","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/1601\/8499\/files\/6251b718f22d7560e116d3e9a1b11bb6.png?v=1750538626","url":"https:\/\/www.recordplant.co.uk\/products\/dirty-nice-planet-weekend","provider":"Record Plant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}