Music Review - Dr. Dog

Philadelphia’s Dr. Dog has been through the indie bedrock trenches, surviving for over a decade as arevolving casting of musicians, while some how befitting a constant complete and continuing to analyze new sonic area with anniversary release.

For its latest album, Be The Void,the bandage chose to acknowledgment to its unpolished bedrock roots, giving thealbum a alive feel through its lackof abundant production. The bandage additionally added multi-instrumentalist Dimitri Manos and percussionist Eric Slick to its lineup, so there’sthe beginning feel of a bandage award anniversary added in the studio.

The Beck-inspired “Lonesome” starts the anthology off in the rightdirection with its acoustic accelerate guitar, abundant beats and sing-along chorus. “That Old Black Hole” has agitation award its footing, however, with spinning synths and bongos starting off the song afore it meanders into a fast-paced country stomper.

Most of the advance on this albumsuffer from this character crisis that’s aboriginal apparent on “That Old Black Hole.” It’s abundant back a bandage can agglutinate two, or several, altered styles calm in one song, but the blueprint aloof doesn’t assignment throughout Be The Void.

Dr. Dog does acquisition a nice antithesis on “Heavy Light,” which descends into a piano breakdown afore exploding intoa multi-layered consciousness-expanding treat, complete with sitar melodies aggressive with bent-note guitars.

The bandage covers a lot of groundmusically on this anthology and anniversary clue feels beginning and unique, butdisconnected as a whole. Advance such as “Lonesome,” and “How Long Must I Wait,” which absolutely accept their own identities, flash added so than the advance that attack to change through several song styles.

As with all of Dr. Dog’s records, there is abundant songwriting present, but it would accept been nice if anniversary clue had a little bit added allowance to breathe. This bandis a contentment to see live, so hopefully it will booty some added time with these advance as it takes them to the stage.