No Monster Club

No Monster Club is the DIY indie pop project of Irish musician Bobby Aherne,[1][2] also known as Dublin Duck Dispensary and Sir Bobby Jukebox.[3][4]

No Monster Club
OriginDublin, Ireland
Genres
Years active2009 (2009)–present
Labels
  • Popical Island
  • Already Dead Tapes and Records
  • Mirror Universe Tapes
  • CF Records
  • Emotional Response Records

Since their debut release in 2009, they have recorded a number of albums, split releases and EPs, alternating between a solo project and a full band.[5][6]

The music video for their 2012 single La La Land was named as one of Nialler9's "50 best Irish music videos of all-time".[7] They performed this single on Chic-a-Go-Go in 2013,[8] performed a WFMU session in 2016,[9] and have toured several times with The Polyphonic Spree.[10]

An alternate version of their single Arms Across America was used as the theme song of The Alison Spittle Show podcast.[11] Their 2015 single I've Retired was featured in the movie Let The Wrong One In.[12] They contributed original music to the Dublin Fringe Festival musical Trial of the Centurys,[13] and to the RTÉ Jr Radio series Nero's Class.[14]

Musical style

According to AllMusic biographer Marcy Donelson, No Monster Club "merges retro-minded garage-pop and elements of lo-fi psychedelia with passionate performances and ever-present tunefulness".[15]

In a review of 2016's I Feel Magic album, The Irish Times drew comparisons to the songwriting styles of Kevin Ayers, Syd Barrett and Nikki Sudden.[16] In his 2019 book Perfect Sound Whatever, James Acaster called this album "A good old quirky bit of fun".[17]

Some influences cited by the group include Animal Collective, Lionel Bart and ABBA.[18]

Discography

Studio albums
  • Tropical Decibels Volume One (2009)
  • Tropical Decibels Volume Two (2010)
  • BRAIN HEAT WAVE (2010)
  • Dublin (2012)
  • Posthumous Hits (2012)
  • Foie Gras (2013)[19]
  • People Are Weird (2015)[20]
  • I Feel Magic (2016)
  • deadbeat effervescent (2022)

EPs
  • Young Guts Champion (2011)
  • Panda Kid Meet No Monster Club (2011)
  • The Community Games (2013)
  • Where Did You Get That Milkshake? (2016)

References
  1. Cook, Martin (28 November 2018). "Music at Marrowbone Books: No Monster Club". Dublin InQuirer.
  2. Hendicott, James (12 Nov 2017). "Wonderfully Weird: the Charming 60s-Pop World of No Monster Club". Hendicott Writing.
  3. Clayton-Lea, Tony (22 May 2020). "Sir Bobby Jukebox: Friendship Gift review – a riot of colour as pop songs". The Irish Times.
  4. Wilson, Danny (5 February 2015). "ALBUM OF THE MONTH: NO MONSTER CLUB – PEOPLE ARE WEIRD". Totally Dublin.
  5. Galil, Leor (5 October 2012). "The story behind No Monster Club's not-so-posthumous Posthumous Hits". The Chicago Reader.
  6. Clayton-Lea, Tony (13 Feb 2015). "No Monster Club - People Are Weird album review". The Irish Times.
  7. Byrne, Niall (May 3, 2018). "The 50 best Irish music videos of all-time". Nialler9.
  8. "No Monster Club on CHic-A-Go-Go". YouTube. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  9. "Prove It All Night! with Pat Byrne: Playlist from October 1, 2016". WFMU. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  10. Ward, James (Aug 21, 2015). "Polyphonic Spree on touring: 'When it's happening, there's nothing better than that'". Irish Mirror.
  11. "The Alison Spittle Show". Headstuff.
  12. McPartland, Rory (April 4, 2022). "'I've Retired' by No Monster Club featured in the vampire comedy 'Let the Wrong One In'". Tremolo Music Publishing.
  13. Murphy, Lauren (August 19, 2018). "Jedward put us up to this, say Trial of the Centurys creators Giles Brody and Bobby Aherne". The Times.
  14. O'Sullivan, Eoghan (October 18, 2022). "Podcast Corner: Shows that will entertain and inform listeners of all ages". Irish Examiner.
  15. Donelson, Marcy (2021). "No Monster Club biography". AllMusic.
  16. Clayton-Lea, Tony (19 Feb 2016). "No Monster Club - I feel Magic: less cartoon, more drama, and all the better for it". The Irish Times.
  17. Acaster, James (2017). "2016 was the best year for music in my lifetime". JamesAcaster.com.
  18. Rushe, Loreana (2014). "Track Record: Bobby Aherne". TheThinAir.
  19. Walsh, Cian. "No Monster Club - Foie Gras |Review | Album Review". GoldenPlec. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  20. Udell, Phil (February 20, 2015). "No Monster Club – People Are Weird". Archived from the original on April 5, 2015.
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