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Dog Day: Rome
Following the release of their debut album, Night Group, Halifax, NS band DOG DAY spent two years touring from Norway to Texas to Northern Alberta. An isolated unit of four astrologically inclined musicians, they routinely made the weary shift from day jobs to long stretches of highway. The resulting experiences weighed heavily on the shoulders of the new songs they returned home with.
In the summer of 2008, the band retired to the basement of a used clothing store to start developing a new set of songs focusing on internal conflict, mental wellness and ultimately, inner peace. Setting up a studio in this setting, they were able to be meticulous with each track, carefully piecing together synth tones and guitar squalls to create the sound they had in mind.
Once the album’s tracking was complete, the band took the songs to John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.). Working at Water Music Recorders in Hoboken, NJ, the project took its final steps toward completion.
Concentration’s sparse notes, hushed vocals and splintering drum beats sound like a cross-section of scenes that existed in Manchester and Athens in the late ’70s and early ’80s. Each of the eleven songs is draped in shadow and melody, ranging from driving hooks of “Wait it Out” to the melancholic calm of “Rome.” The album sees the band weave together a sound perfect for dancing with the skeletons in the closet. [bio]
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“Wait It Out” (mp3)
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