Utopia Defeated

Sprawling, funky, ambitious—D.D Dumbo is a pop outcast with serious wanderlust. That the Castlemaine resident (real name: Oliver Perry) can plunge you into kaleidoscopic daydreams (“In the Water,” “Toxic City”) as easily he can make your backbone slide (“Satan,” “Walrus”) speaks to his abilities. Fluent in multiple styles and instruments, *Utopia Defeated* moves with confident ease and grace—the work of a restless perfectionist searching for, and finding, the perfect sound in his head.

Oliver Hugh Perry’s well-travelled debut holds its identity despite all the ideas it’s binding together.

Oliver Hugh Perry’s well-travelled debut holds its identity despite all the ideas it’s binding together.

Give DD Dumbo's debut album time, and the alien logic that binds it begins to unfurl and initial skepticism turns to sheer awe.

Give DD Dumbo's debut album time, and the alien logic that binds it begins to unfurl and initial skepticism turns to sheer awe.

'Utopia Defeated' by D.D Dumbo, album review by Callie Hitchcock. The full-length comes out today on 4AD.

'Utopia Defeated' by D.D Dumbo, album review by Callie Hitchcock. The full-length comes out today on 4AD.