6/18/2024

Sharif Dumani shares 1st track from LP feat. Kevin Rutmanis, Imaad Wasif (YYYs), Stephen McBean (Black Mountain), Zander Schloss (Circle Jerks)

SHARIF DUMANI shares lead track from forthcoming solo album on Broken Clover Records

L.A. punk sideman (Alice Bag, Nikki Sudden, et al) joined by Kevin Rutmanis (Melvins, Cows), Imaad Wasif (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)Stephen McBean (Black Mountain), Zander Schloss (Circle Jerks)



Hear/share "Tight Lipped" (DSPs) (Bandcamp)



L.A. songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Sharif Dumani shares the first single today from his forthcoming debut solo album In Search of MemoryNew Noise Magazine launched the track "Tight Lipped" HERE. (Now also on DSPs and Bandcamp)


Sharif Dumani is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist born and raised in Los Angeles, CA.


Sharif started in punk bands during the late 90’s. There have been myriad projects since then and he’s currently fronting the guitar-pop group Exploding Flowers, playing guitar for first-wave L.A. punk artist Alice Bag and now embarking on a solo career. This batch of songs is the debut of his first solo outing. 21 songs of noisy guitar pop embedded with floating melodies and assaulting hooks. The album was self-recorded to tape on a Tascam 388 ¼" reel-to-reel machine.


A number of guests contribute to the album, including Kevin Rutmanis (Cows, Melvins, Tomahawk, Hepa-Titus), Zander Schloss (Circle Jerks, Joe Strummer, Weirdos), Imaad Wasif (Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Folk Implosion, Lowercase), Nick Murray (White Fence, Thee Oh Sees), Stephen McBean (Black Mountain, Pink Mountaintops), Sophia Knapp (Lights), and Cory Lomberg. Mastered at Chicago Mastering Service by Matthew Barnhart (Bob Mould, Superchunk, Metz, Pissed Jeans). Album artwork by artist/musician Jill Emery (Hole, Mazzy Star, Super Heroines).


Sharif has collaborated with a wide range of projects both recording and performing with groups and artists such as Sex StainsJowe Head (Swell Maps/Television Personalities), Nikki SuddenThe Moon UpstairsCody ChesnuttNick Garrie, and Classics of Love (ex-Operation Ivy). This is his debut solo release, In Search Of Memory.


In Search of Memory will be available on vinyl via Broken Clover Records on August 15, 2024. Pre-order HERE

Artist: Sharif Dumani

Album: In Search of Memory

Label: Broken Clover Records

Release Date: August 15, 2024


Side A

1. Cool As Night [1:11]

2. Another A**hole [1:20]

3. Tight Lipped [2:30]

4. Torrential Downpour [3:06]

5. Mercy [1:22)

6. Cheerleaders And Chocolate Cake [0:51]

7. The Drowning Thought [2:52]

8. Somewhere In The Abstract [1:17]

9. There’s An Easier Way [2:18]

10. All We Are [3:07]


Side B

1. Points Of Contention [2:14]

2. Gentrifashionable [2:24]

3. Home [2:55]

4. Steel Tin Roof [1:24]

5. As Far Out As We Can See [2:19]

6. In Texas [2:30]

7. Invisible Economy [1:37]

8. Statues [1:57]

9. Vanishing Acts [3:04]


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