What should have been a glowing review of Dogs’ new 7 track album Fly Like Eagles has been soured by the shocking news they have decided to call it day. Travellers Tunes is flying at half mast today and is unsure when the gloom will be lifted sadly.
The new album marked a new chapter in Dogs musical career. Gone were the The Jam meets Queens Of The Stone Ages belters and in came a new lo-fi love of the Pixies and Pavement. The album is free to download on their website http://www.dogsmusic.com/
It feels only right that we mourn this loss in appropriate trip down memory lane. TT first encountered Dogs in the Radio 1 tent at the 2004 Reading Festival .Whilst waiting to see the hotly tipped Bloc Party, Dogs came on and really shook up a hungover Reading crowd.
Tuned To A Different Station will be the one song a generation of bored kids never heard. A rip roaring, life affirming hell raiser. Bands come along like Dogs so rarely it is disgusting to see labels like Universal treat them so badly. They had genuine hits on their 1st and 2nd albums, yet a major label (and indie Weekender Records) seemed to lack the knowledge or belief to push them through to daytime radio.
One thing has eaten away at Travellers Tunes more than anything in the past 24 hours. When opening a promotional email from Ticketweb, it had acts such as The Feeling and The Kooks lining up big gigs for the autumn. This crock of bland shit may sell out these venues and people may sing along but they will never be loved. Fans will never put their CD on indoors and jump around the room, posing in the mirror and sing at the top of their voices. When The Kooks play Naive they will receive a ripple of wolf whistles and whoops. Dogs will be on a level with their audience the moment they walk stage. They were gang just like you and me who wanted to make it and disgracefully the gods opted not to take a punt.
So for one last time Dogs fans. Let your hearts beat with a fury of adrenaline…..
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