For the uninitiated, this Melbourne-based outfit have produced some of the finest tunes in 2026. With their new single, which translates as The Home in My Heart, they may well have left the best till last, or almost last as another single, Didn't They Do Well?, is set for release next month.
Essentially the project of Dean Robb, Royal Commission's music can be placed into a post-punk/lo-fi category if categories are your thing but don't get the idea there's anything formulaic in what's going on here: Robb gives off a kind of bedroom eloquence I only really find reminiscent of bands from the Budapest scene I was chronicling (and playing) more than a decade ago. Anything that makes me revisit Amstatten Bedroom Punk can only be a good thing - and Royal Commission give me far more besides.
Their excellent album Into Rock n Roll came out in September and features a slew of great singles, perhaps chief among them the wonderful Emotional Support Australian. What An Baile I Mo Chroi reveals is that Dean Robb has got plenty more up his sleeve, which is great news for all of us.
You can hear the single in my Dandelion Radio show this month, now available on-demand here.
Download the single and album here.
And another reminder that voting in this year's festive is open until the end of the month at this link.
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