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Dr Sure's Unusual Practice
12+ albums
post-punknew waveart punkpunk rockegg punk
about
Since 2019, Melbourne synth-punk band Dr Sure’s Unusual Practice have become a cult favourite in the global underground, racking up albums, international tours and supports for the likes of King Gizz, Tropical Fuck Storm and Cosmic Psychos. Dr Sure’s channel an early iteration of punk: no limits. A reputation for diverse and prolific output, political jabs and feverish performance. It’s rock music for odd balls and outsiders. Dr Sure is the alter ego of Central Queensland-born, Melbourne-based artist Dougal Shaw. The pseudonym allows Shaw to embody a mad-scientist-like character, often performing in oversized suits and sunglasses or matching boiler suits with the band. Behind the scenes, the Unusual Practice functions as Shaw’s all-encompassing art project. He writes, records, mixes, and releases music through his own Marthouse Records label and studio (Dr Sure’s, Gut Health, Bench Press), designs the album artwork, posters, and merch, directs the music videos, and manages the band. It’s this dichotomy—the publicly eccentric Dr Sure and the privately meticulous Shaw—that makes the project so compelling. Shaw: “I always need to be making something. I love going all in on a project, creating a world around it—from the music and lyrics to the artwork and visuals, the release, the live show. Thinking about how all the different elements speak to each other to realise some kind of bigger vision. Completely inhabit that world, even just for a moment… then I’m onto the next projec
