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 its inception in 2009, the act has released a number of albums, split releases and EPs, alternating between a solo project and a full band.[5][6]

They appeared on Chic-a-Go-Go in 2013[7], and performed a WFMU session in 2016[8]. Since 2016, an alternate version of their single Arms Across America has served as the theme song of The Alison Spittle Show podcast.[9] Their 2015 single I've Retired features in the movie Let The Wrong One In.[10]

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".[6] Some influences cited by the group include Animal Collective, Lionel Bart and ABBA.[11]

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)
  • People Are Weird (2015)
  • 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. Donelson, Marcy (2021). "No Monster Club biography". AllMusic.
  7. "No Monster Club on CHic-A-Go-Go". YouTube. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  8. "Prove It All Night! with Pat Byrne: Playlist from October 1, 2016". WFMU. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  9. "The Alison Spittle Show". Headstuff.
  10. 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.
  11. Rushe, Loreana (2014). "Track Record: Bobby Aherne". TheThinAir.
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