NEW YORK ROCK ‘N’ ROLL GROUP RUBY AND THE CLUMSY DOLLIES RELEASE THE 2ND SINGLE FROM THEIR FORTHCOMING DEBUT ALBUM, NEW AND IMPROVED, ON CHEERSQUAD RECORDS & TAPES

The band’s first single from the album was the fast-paced, ramalama rock ‘n’ roll shakedown of ‘Too True For You‘, its guitars jangling and riffing with dirty fuzz, like a lost gem from the Buzzcocks or the Ramones. The song has had more than 100 plays on Australian radio – reaching #4 on the national Community Radio Rock Airplay Charts, plus spins on Little Steven’s Underground Garage and New York’s WFMU.

Now, following a successful run of Australian live shows late in 2025, the band release their second single, ‘Right Through Me’. The sublimely melodic single rides a reverb-laden rhythm— all groove and beautifully interwoven guitars that imbue the garage rock sound with a dreamy, tropical quality.

“It’s the first song on the record, and the most vulnerable in my opinion. It encapsulates the feeling of communicating without saying a word and being able to read someone’s mind (unspoken communication, emotional transference),” explains founder and front woman Ruby Rogers-Garcia. “It is reflective of the occurrence of someone knowing you more than you know yourself and the fear that comes with that.”

Ruby grew up surrounded by records, musical instruments, and recording equipment, and a healthy respect for the creative process. Little wonder then that her innate songwriting and singing talent seemed to spring, fully formed, on her remarkable debut album New and Improved, recorded at her and the band’s analogue studio in the Lower East Side of NYC.

She has in fact been preparing for this moment all along, rising from her childhood bed to put ‘Gimme Shelter’ or the MC5 on the stereo, wrapping herself in the dreamy melancholy of Elliott Smith or the electrifying sounds of Link Wray, Big Star, The Sonics, The Dictators, and Lou Reed.

Later, as a 45-spinning New York DJ, Ruby refined her sense of the musical hook, finding in her audiences the most direct neural route to rock and roll ecstasy. The daughter of You Am I’s Tim Rogers, she studied violin for years but (like Bo Diddley before her) swapped the gut strings for sizzling electric guitar and the pursuit of crafting the perfect driving rock and roll pop songs that populate the Clumsy Dollies’ debut record.

The band began to gel when Ruby joined forces with the always cool Aaron Mika (Televisionairies), a drummer whose outward nonchalance behind the kit disguises a deadly solid and inventive gift for setting the perfect groove that pulls us into the Dollies’ world. His driving beats are the perfect complement to Ruby’s raw and squelching guitar grind. Producers Rocio and Matt Verta-Ray supply some supplemental bass, keys, and guitar, with the resulting album being a true rock and roll gem.

The album title, New and Improved, possesses a streak of irreverence, as Ruby explains. “Being my first album, it felt like a bit of a humorous touch. The record has a bit of everything – sad, romantic, intimate songs, and more wild ones, more ironic and playful. It’s nice not having to take yourself too seriously!”