Following on from the release of strident punk-rock battle cry ‘Fuck It’, Aotearoa punk force Dick Move announce the forthcoming arrival of their third studio album Dream, Believe, Achieve – set for release on digital, vinyl, and CD via 1:12 and Flying Nun Records.
Dick Move are renowned for their explosive live shows and blink-and-you’ll-miss-it anthems, blending party-punk chaos with razor-sharp political bite. Dream, Believe, Achieve is classic Dick Move: 13 tracks of unrelenting energy delivered in just 25 minutes.
The riotous fury of Lucy Suttor, Lucy Macrae, Hariet Ellis, Justin Rendell, and Luke Boyes feels urgent and essential on every single track.
The call to “Dream, Believe, Achieve” subverts the positive affirmation of dangerous self-help influencers to create individual wealth and status, into a chant demanding the creation of a positive collectivised world.
Dick Move also share new album single ‘Nurses‘ – a darker, snarlier protest track that channels the spirit of early ’80s UK punk, aimed squarely at the heart of neoliberalism.
‘Nurses’ is a necessary criticism of systems that prioritise profit over people. This year alone, $2.9 billion was handed to property investors – while hospitals remain understaffed, emergency rooms overflow, and frontline workers are stretched to breaking point.
“When the Government chooses landlords over nurses,” states vocalist Lucy Suttor in ‘Nurses’, she explains “it’s not neglect, it’s strategy. Defund, destabilise, privatise – that’s the playbook. And we’re calling it out.” Nurses Video director – Stella Reid adds “Dick Move’s Nurses isn’t screaming about the changes that need to be made, it knows the crisis is here, and it’s asking where you stand as it implodes”
‘Nurses’ is both a tribute to the power of collective action and a demand for justice, investment, and dignity.
Alongside the fist-pumping, singalong singles ‘Fuck It’ and ‘Nurses’, Dream, Believe, Achieve is a fierce, unapologetic anthem for resistance – a raw, loud, and pointed critique of power structures that exploit, control, and erase. It’s about calling bullshit on the systems that commodify our lives, bodies, labour, and land – and reclaiming agency, voice, and collective power.
Tracked and mixed by De Stevens at Roundhead Studios, produced by long-term friend and collaborator Peter Ruddell (Sulfate, Wax Chattels), and mastered by new friend Mikey Young.
Having supported Foo Fighters and The Breeders on their 2024 New Zealand tour, as well as Aussie stalwarts Amyl & The Sniffers, Cosmic Psychos and The Chats, Dick Move have recently been taking on international touring themselves; a 22-date European in 2024, with another in September 2025, plus
multiple visits to neighbouring Australia. Maintaining momentum as socialist-party punk agitators is a challenge that the band face head on – and Dick Move will keep doing what they do best; shouting across oceans about things that matter, in a thick kiwi accent.
Dream, Believe, Achieve is out digitally, on vinyl and CD via 1:12 Records and Flying Nun Records on November 14th.
About Dick Move: Energised by a strong community fighting for important social change and a need to turn late night political chat into action, Dick Move was formed in the depths of Karangahape Road’s Whammy Bar, and has become an essential party-punk voice for working people — and for all those that are fired up to make change in the world.
Dick Move spit out short sharp hot takes that call to the increasingly messed up world around them. Notorious already for their pumping live shows, Dick Move’s catalogue of blink-and-you’ll-miss-it punk anthems are cutting, confronting, empowering and dripping with brash cheekiness and political angst. Wet (2023) is the band’s second studio release and makes a welcome addition to Dick Move’s catalogue. Wet follows on from their 2020 debut Chop!. The 13 tracks on Wet were lovingly produced, recorded and mixed by Peter Ruddell (Wax Chattels, Sulfate) at The Beths’ studio on Karangahape Road, and mastered by Wellington legend James Goldsmith.
Having supported Foo Fighters and The Breeders on their 2024 New Zealand tour, as well as Aussie stalwarts Amyl & The Sniffers, Cosmic Psychos and The Chats, Dick Move have recently been taking on international touring themselves; a 22-date European in 2024, with another in September 2025, plus multiple visits to neighbouring Australia. Maintaining momentum as socialist-party punk agitators is a challenge that the band face head on — and Dick Move will keep doing what they do best; shouting across oceans about things that matter, in a thick kiwi accent.
Dick Move
Dream, Believe, Achieve
1. Fuck It
2. Try Hard
3. Run For Your Money
4. Shut Your Mouth
5. Bludger
6. Scared Old Men
7. Nurses
8. Cracks
9. Up The Bus
10. Good Time Girl
11. Karanga-a-Hape
12. Suits
13. Handful
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