14 September 2024

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Five London disco-punk cowboys teamed up during the awful 2020 lockdown year
(many bored youngsters decided to do so, to kill time inside) and started FAT DOG.

Last year, they showed up for the first time with bombastic knockout single King Of
The Slugs and now several whopping singles later, their debut LP WOOF. is out for
grabs.

Photo credit: Frank Fieber

NME: “London’s must-see live band justify the hype with a reckless and raucous debut album pumped full of adrenaline. unserious, unhinged and sensational. Unserious, unhinged and sensational. Scream the words and dive head-first into the Fat Dog experience, because ‘Woof.’ is pure, unbridled escapism – just what the world needs right now.” 5/5.

TUTV: Expect a punk disco drone machine with a, yes, Eastern music inspired sultriness
on the orgasmic choruses. This turbulent record will create maddening moshpits around our planet with people who desperately want to escape their straight jackets and the exhausting rat race as we know it, at least in the weekends.

They build up their songs, zigzag their way to a mind-blowing refrain and smack them down afterward and start all over again. Chaotically awesome. One minus: almost all
of their sucker punches have that same structure. Down, up, down. There’s not really much variation, but who needs that when you’re drowning in a vortex of escapism.

No, it’s not the masterpiece, as the British press hyped it, yet.
But a razzle-dazzle start it is. And I’m looking forward to see
them live next month.

SINGLES: Whither / King Of Slugs

ALBUM

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