DD Dumbo - Utopia DefeatedWhen Castlemaine's Oliver Hugh Perry released his self recorded debut EP, 'Tropical Oceans', D. D Dumbo was born. Led by the spooky strut of the title track, the lo fi four song set of blues laced, deconstructed pop, announced Perry as an exciting newcomer fluent in a language all his own. People took notice and soon he was performing solo with a 12 string electric guitar, two drums and a bunch of effect pedals, and on tour with the likes of Daughter,

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with tracks penned from Burlington

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the album does much to establish him as a talented multi-instrumentalist

psychedelia and early Rock and roll