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# RIP Dunes - "In Real Life"
- URL: https://www.analogue.io/recommendations/rip-dunes-in-real-life/
- Published: 2023-06-16T18:58:10.000Z
- Updated: 2023-06-16T18:58:10.000Z
- Description: Caveman's Matthew Iwanusa is back with a dreamy new outlet, RIP Dunes
- Author: Analogue
- Tags: Recommendations, RIP Dunes, Caveman, Matthew Iwanusa, Analogue, #Import 2026-11-12 21:02, #color-orange, #blend-soft-light

*By* [*Analogue*](https://www.analogue.io/tag/analogue/)

**Album:** RIP Dunes - "In Real Life" · **Artist:** RIP Dunes · **Released:** 16 June 2023

Matthew Iwanusa spent the '10s as the frontman for Caveman, an indie rock band that released three acclaimed albums in a five-to-six-year span that earned the Brooklyn band a solid following and years of impressive touring stints. After the release of 2016's *Otero War*, however, Caveman faded from view and Iwanusa has remained out of the public eye—at least with any new music to call his own.

RIP Dunes is the answer to what Iwanusa has been up to, at least in part, as a new musical outlet more focused on guitar work than synths, although the same warm atmospheric focus is in place this time around as well. RIP Dunes' lead single "In Real Life" just released today, and it's an instant hit with its dreamy melody and impressive guitar work.

While we're a bit frustrated to find there's only one track available at present, we're heartened to know more music is likely on the way. And if nothing else, that means "In Real Life" is doing the work it should which is to whet the appetite for more.

*In real life* 
*I had you going through it* 
*The real life* 
*No way to fall into it* 
*You came around* 
*But nothing helped you do it*

*Only to be with you* 
*Only to see it through*

*You run out of here* 
*You run out of here*

*In real life* 
*I had you going through it* 
*The real life* 
*No way to fall into it* 
*You came around* 
*But nothing helped you do it*

*Only to be with you* 
*Only to see it through*

*You run out of here* 
*You run out of here*

*It's in my soul* 
*Am I ready* 
*Now I know why* 
*Am I ready* 
*To decide on the lies outside* 
*Want to say its always wrong* 
*When you're left behind*

*You run out of here* 
*You run out of here* 
*You run out of here* 
*You run out of here*

**VISIT:** [**RIP Dunes**](https://www.instagram.com/ripdunes/?ref=analogue.io)