Old Mates
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OLD MATES is a full-circle release from Brisbane punk lifers Dune Rats, celebrating where it all began while pushing forward with the same reckless conviction that’s defined the band for over 15 years.
The album collects fan-favourite tracks from Dune Rats’ first three EPs - Dune Rats (2011), Social Atoms (2012) and Smile (2013) - alongside the brand new single SHARKS, a raw, defiant anthem about backing yourself and swimming against the current.
Three early tracks - Fuck It, On Our Own and Ratbags - have been re-recorded in 2026, breathing new life into the songs that helped define the band’s formative punk-garage sound.
OLD MATES captures the chaos, optimism and DIY spirit of early house shows, coastal towns and sweaty rooms - a snapshot of Dune Rats before the charts, the industry noise and expectations. Loud, nostalgic and forward-looking, it’s a reminder that sometimes the only way forward is to ignore the noise and keep paddling.
Tracklisting:
12. Sharks (New unreleased track)
About the artist
Dune Rats
At a time when true rock tales are as rare as chicken lips, Dune Rats are traveling the globe as punk rock pied pipers, attracting an army of ferocious life enthusiasts who are as willing as they are to throw the dice, turn reality sideways and roll with whatever goes. Ratbags, nerds, delinquents, outcasts, the brave, the loud, the shy – Dune Rats don’t care who or what you are, only that you abide by just one rule – no kooks, no gutties.
Palming Dunies off however as your average trio of wasted lunatics, would be a sad and narrow-minded mistake. These three take as much pleasure in overt politeness and the odd spot of gardening as they do in the eyes-wide open adventure of tilting reality. But at the core of it all – the platform for everything that follows – is their uncalculated lust for making music. It’s taken them from Brisbane to the US, Europe, South Africa (ask them how the hell they found themselves here!), China, Indo, Malaysia, Canada, Singapore, a small seaside shanty South of Sydney –
Live the Dune Rats way – ‘NO KOOKS, NO GUTTIES!!’