Testing 1, 2, 3. Is anybody there?
It’s been a fair while hasn’t it?
Does anyone even read music blogs anymore? Particularly inactive ones that haven’t posted for a few months.
There’s only one real way to find out. So here we go.
Strap yourselves in, I’m grabbing your ears and
taking them for a ride. I’ve got some new music to rave about.
Starting with Fat Dog.
Not the most glamourous of names, but with a debut single
released in August (which featured on my Spotify New Music Weekly playlist) and
critics describing their live shows as ‘unforgettable’ and ‘exceedingly fun…exceedingly
strange’ Fat Dog are a name you need to put on your ‘to listen to’ and ‘to see’
lists.
Let’s go to that debut single. King of the Slugs clocks in with
a shape shifting, ecstatic, shot of musical hedonism that pumps away for a
hefty 7 minutes. How to describe it? Ok I’ll try. There’s some post-punk, some psychedelia,
some swirling balladeering theatrics, some rave, some rock ‘n’ roll and some twangy
John Wayne cowboy movie soundtrack in the mix. It’s the kind of tune that leave
you feeling exhausted but exhilarated at the same time. It’s sort of dirty
sounding. It's sort of intense. It’s a musical odyssey. It’s bloody brilliant.
King of the Slugs is also the only song I can think of that
mentions washing your clothes and makes it seem cool. Sorry Kate Bush, I love
you, but Mrs Bartolozzi is truly terrible.
And that’s it. Fat Dog. Not a band for the faint hearted.
If you want to ride with them, they are on tour in the UK in
October.
For the current New Music Weekly Playlist (updated every Friday) click here.
Fat Dog - King of the Slugs
