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.
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 King Of The Slugs and now several singles later from their upcoming debut LP WOOF. that will be unleashed on September 6th, they still can’t stop shooting from the hip with yet another detonating whopper, titled WITHER.
Album artwork
“You better wither baby before you die
The whole team withers / The whole team dies.”
The flabbergasting energy these ear-splitting loud Irish beatniks develop on their ace debut LP Letter To Self is off the charts. The opener Ticking is what these 4 Irish indies
do on repeat. Building a near-unbearable tension and exploding insanely along the rough ride.
Since this Australian punk tornado released their 2nd
longplayer Comfort To Me back in 2021 they’re on an
endless tour around the globe.
Yet, in between all gig mayhem they found some time to write/record/release
two new searing sucker-punches with U Should Be Doing This as my favourite.
Amyl: ‘This song makes me laugh, but it’s also in a way poking fun at the shock that
people still feel at a little bit of skimpy clothing, and the bitchy high school way that
the music community still is.’
Washington‘s flamboyant guitar pop quartet release
their 3rd LP, baptized Wearing Out The Refrain next
September.
On Hallelujah they rage against the anti-LGBTQ
machine with knives between their teeth and an
unstoppable drive.
“To express oneself, now expressly forbidden/ That’s a spiritual hell, that’s
a new prohibition/ And they’ll boil you down to reproductive function/ When
they see you as a vessel and not as a person!”
The feminist-punk duo went nuclear the past year following their
amazeballs 6-track EP You’re Welcome and this year’s bulldozing
and gender-themed missile Body Of Mine.
Irish indie stars FONTAINES D.C. will share their 4th LP,
named ROMANCE with the world on August 23rd.
The lead single Starburster is a feverish corker
with a bone-chilling gush and frontman Grian
Chatten rapping all over it with his characteristic
uptight parlando.
Last March the Dandys came up with their 12th album, named Rockmaker.
Lead single Danzing With Myself features Pixies‘ general Frank Black and
is a gloomy and doomy groover. With its poignant progression, this piece
creeps under your skin in an eye/ear blink.
UK’s rock/hip-hop team Rapturous invite us to scream
our lungs out on their avid anthem that celebrates freedom.
“The song was inspired by the old blues style of call & response, we wanted to create something that could be easily sung back to us by the crowd. The song is about being free from anything that is getting you down, be it your job, finances, the world, or the weekend’s football scores. Freedom from misery, that’s the idea.”
Think Cypress Hill fronted by Zack de la Rocha,
rattling like a rapid-fire riot-gun.
This Norwegian band specializes in a dark and distinctive blend
of post-punk, shoegaze and psych-noir. So far they released two
albums.
On this new, superb single drums and bass team up for an
incessantly beat that carries this instantaneously sticking ride,
along with a magnetizing Cure-esque guitar riff that gets you in
a trance.
Truly hypnotizing from start to finish with velvety vocals
and darkwavish synths in the back adding a twilight tone.
This hepped-up EBM duo conjure their influences of EBM, techno and electropop,
their sound is an intoxicating mix of analog synthetics and seductive vocals, touching
on themes of desire and despair, domination and submission.
They have a new 3-track EP, titled Inservio out, with opener Lights Down Low
as my favorite. An electro booster with a mindblowing techno beat à la The Prodigy
that rotates irresistibly, non-stop.
Lead single Softer is a psychedelic shoegaze stunner, a multi-layered symphony
propelled by about a thousand guitars, a mindboggling bass riff, and combative
drums, while Rebecca Dow‘s ghostly vocals scrape the sky. A titanic thrill.
19. ‘I Don’t Understand What Any Of You Are Doing’ by DEAD ANYWAY (UK)
This British duo combine the dark lyricism of Kate Arnold
against the music and soundscapes of Marc Symonds.
They caught my attention with last February‘s top album Partially Eaten By Animals.
Highlight ‘I Don’t Understand What Any Of You Are Doing’ dives into trip-hop-pop territory with Arnold‘s crystal clear voice floating all over shiny synth dynamics. Catchy as hell.
20. ‘Welcome Tou Your New Future’ by LEG PUPPY 2.0 (London, UK)
This madcap techno act scored their best (so far)
album with Humanity 2.0 which came out last May.
You can shake your (p)elvis to single Welcome To Your New
Future while getting nervous about the unknown tomorrow.
What’s in store for humankind. Nuclear war or peace and free love?
Or will we be just another brick in the wall? Whatever happens,
never stop pirouetting yourself dizzy to manic music .
We don’t need your education
We don’t need no your thought control
Just Like Everybody Else is a glorious, full-orchestrated pop gem, that transfers you in an eye/ear blink to a sonic dreamland with its affecting melodiousness, riveting chorus and warm-hearted vocals. Three highly-entertaining minutes and twenty seconds with Spielmann
New star tandem Gallagher-Squire produced/released their debut LP last March.
The lead-single Just Another Rainbow is partly Oasis, partly Stone Roses. Liam sings like Liam (who else?) and Squire does his psychedelic 6-string Stone Roses thing.
Stress Dolls is the musical moniker of songstress Chelsea O’Donnell.
Last May she released her enchanting debut album Queen Of No.
Close Enough is one of my favorite tracks. A captivating pop song.
Tantalizing tunefulness, glistening guitar sparks, and gratifying vocals
combine for a top tune.
Nick Cave and his Bad Seeds have canned album number 18.
It’s baptized Wild God and will show up on August 30.
The title track is a sublime composition. The first part is crooner Cave as we know him,
but quickly the vocal passion and goosebumps intensity go up and from halfway on, this diamond turns into an orchestral masterpiece, with a zealous hallelujah choir and an opera-like majesty.
Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine
5 June 2024
Press promo
FAT DOG is a South London-based hit team who
come faster than an out-of-control comet.
Five London desperadoes formed a band and called it FAT DOG during
that awful 2020 lockdown (as so many bored youngsters decided to do,
to kill locked-up time).
Last year, with bombastic dance-punk killer debut slam King Of The Slugs
it was clear that these bloodhounds came here to make a loud and clear mark.
Now about 12 months later, they share their 4th new track, named I AM THE KING,
a bizarre and sonically complete different piece of psychedelic quest. Weirdo stuff.
New album artwork
The track, along with the 3 others (stream all below) will be
on their debut album WOOF., that land son September 6.
Wake up people, Fat Dog will put their
teeth in our lazy ass.
FAT DOG is a South London-based gang that will shake up 2024 big time.
With (only) their 2nd single out now, following fucktastic debut whopper Kings Of The Slugs, it’s a loud and clear fact that these party animals
will rise faster than a comet in the near future.
New piece ALL THE SAME is a 24-Carat disco-punk jackhammer to end and start all
(il)legal raves with. It’s a head-spinning electro-rock shocker that doubles your adrenalin flow and has an instant impact on your ears and your limbs. And when the huge orchestral injections blast out of your vibrating speakers you know that these misfits are your new favorite dogs. Hallelujah!
ALL THE SAME
Keep on going bonkers.
Here’s their debut slam KING OF THE SLUGS
