Today, July 19th. Melbourne Indie-Punks Dental Plan release their debut album ‘Raw Nerve’. The 9-track album encompasses a wide variety of punk & rock, from the thrashing frustration of ‘Hope Stealer’, the melodic indie-rock of recent single ‘Can’t Get What You Want’, heavy riffage on ‘Hole In Me, and the sing-a-long ode to the path less travelled on ‘Garbage World’.
Vocalist/Guitarist Niam Hegarty says, “This album is a representation of the life of the band so far, we have a re-recorded version of the first song we ever wrote with ‘Weighed Down’ up to the most recent track ‘Garbage World’ and everything in-between. We went through a lot of shit over the period this record was written and recorded in, I’m glad we stuck it out and have something to show for our hard work over the years. A lot of tenacity with endless writing, rehearsing & recording in Melbourne Winters! “
Dental Plan will tour Australia to promote the album with release shows to be announced in the coming weeks.
Since forming in 2018, Dental Plan have honed an eclectic brand of indie punk taking influence from 90s alt/rock and punk. Their 2018 self-titled EP was followed in 2019 with an EP that saw the group working with Alicia from Sub Pop Indie Rockers Bully.
In 2021, the group returned with the brutal single ‘Hole In Me’, seeing them enter early ‘90s grunge territory. Paired with a brutal horror-themed video which didn’t hold back on the gore and mayhem, the thunderous riffs and throat-shredding vocals saw Dental Plan named by Rolling Stone Australia as a band to watch.
‘Dental Plan released the first track from their upcoming debut album ‘Raw Nerve’, in October 2023, the track was added to ‘Breaking Hard Rock’ on Apple Music and saw the band featured in Beat Mag, Double J and various community radio stations.
The second single, ‘Landslide’, was added to the huge ‘New Music Daily’ Playlist while the most recent single ‘Can’t Get What You Want’ is the bands most streamed track to date.
