Dog is Dead is an 'indie pop' band from Nottingham, self described as "Louis Armstrong lost in disco." I first heard them in the season finale of the lastest series of Skins UK. I guess a band who screams out "We are a mess, we are failures, and we love it!" really speaks to the motivated, self confident essences of youth today.... Right.
Anyway, disco Louis and Skin's loving failures aside, I am in love with this band. Despite all being in their early 20's (as far as I can tell) their sound is surprisingly unique and developed. They sometimes touch upon a bit of the rolling metronomic drum sound of Vampire Weekend (or Super Mario, whatever floats your boat), and their vocal harmonies seem influenced or at least awed by those of Mumford and Son's, who funny enough are supposed fans. Its fun, its quirky, its jazzy and infectious and stuck in my goddamn head like nobody's business. Plus, theres a pretty distinctive triangle in there. Who doesn't love a good triangle? These are summer-is-coming type of tunes, get ready.
listen if you like: Vampire Weekend, with some flair.
Dog Is Dead - Glockenspiel Song by charmfactory
Dog Is Dead - Motel by thisisfakediy
Dog is Dead - Young by HighVoltageMusic
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