Dumani, Sharif

***Sharif Dumani is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. Sharif started in punk bands during the late '90s. 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 1⁄4" 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 Stains, Jowe Head (Swell Maps/Television Personalities), Nikki Sudden, The Moon Upstairs, Cody Chesnutt, Nick Garrie, and Classics of Love (ex Operation Ivy). This is his debut release, In Search Of Memory. (STREET DATE - 8/16/2024)