DICE Essentials
Playlist - 15 Songs
Despite hailing from the famously isolated city of Perth, DICE hasn’t had much trouble getting noticed. Just two years after dropping their 2021 debut single “Reality,” the quartet won a national triple j Unearthed contest to perform at Splendour in the Glass. That same year, their lean, jangly tune “Stockholm” cracked triple j’s annual Hottest 100 poll.
While their early work leaned into the influence of The Strokes, the band explored darker territory on their aptly titled 2024 album Midnight Zoo: observe Ben Hodge’s brooding vocals over the gnash and rumble of “Quick to Judge.”
DICE added warm synthesizers to their palette on 2026’s I Thought the Altitude Would Make It Worth the View, evoking moody ’80s rock on tracks like “Call Me for a Good Time” while making the most of the same Hollywood studio where The Beach Boys crafted Pet Sounds.
While their early work leaned into the influence of The Strokes, the band explored darker territory on their aptly titled 2024 album Midnight Zoo: observe Ben Hodge’s brooding vocals over the gnash and rumble of “Quick to Judge.”
DICE added warm synthesizers to their palette on 2026’s I Thought the Altitude Would Make It Worth the View, evoking moody ’80s rock on tracks like “Call Me for a Good Time” while making the most of the same Hollywood studio where The Beach Boys crafted Pet Sounds.
DICE Essentials
DICE Essentials
Despite hailing from the famously isolated city of Perth, DICE hasn’t had much trouble getting noticed. Just two years after dropping their 2021 debut single “Reality,” the quartet won a national triple j Unearthed contest to perform at Splendour in the Glass. That same year, their lean, jangly tune “Stockholm” cracked triple j’s annual Hottest 100 poll.
While their early work leaned into the influence of The Strokes, the band explored darker territory on their aptly titled 2024 album Midnight Zoo: observe Ben Hodge’s brooding vocals over the gnash and rumble of “Quick to Judge.”
DICE added warm synthesizers to their palette on 2026’s I Thought the Altitude Would Make It Worth the View, evoking moody ’80s rock on tracks like “Call Me for a Good Time” while making the most of the same Hollywood studio where The Beach Boys crafted Pet Sounds.
While their early work leaned into the influence of The Strokes, the band explored darker territory on their aptly titled 2024 album Midnight Zoo: observe Ben Hodge’s brooding vocals over the gnash and rumble of “Quick to Judge.”
DICE added warm synthesizers to their palette on 2026’s I Thought the Altitude Would Make It Worth the View, evoking moody ’80s rock on tracks like “Call Me for a Good Time” while making the most of the same Hollywood studio where The Beach Boys crafted Pet Sounds.
