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The fact that something as mad, unpredictable, and singular as Fat Dog can become the U.K.'s next big thing is refreshing; this is what people mean by a vibe shift. The South London quintet is ushering in a new nihilism—shut up and dance—that takes old influences and turns them into something largely unfamiliar. Opener "Vigilante" suggests a rave at the Thunderdome, with chilling synth tracking the Revelations-esque evangelizing of a horror-movie preacher: "I was there to watch the first wretched cells of existence tear themselves apart as the tides came in and froze and thawed and the cracks in the earth opened, gaping maws screaming." The music builds to a frenzy for the first time (of many) and it's absolute "where am I?" chaos. "King of the Slugs" is a seven-minute pastiche in which industrial punk morphs into storm-the-castle high pomp which turns Doors loungey with a cave echo … then what sounds like a mad tarantella, then the musical equivalent of a toreador's waving red cape, then back to head-banging industrial and all over again. It is a mind wipe—a sinus-clearing blast. Singer Joe Love maddeningly repeats the title of "I Am the King" 23 times in that song, which starts out with icy shades of Underworld before melting into a pristine orchestral state of being. "All the Same" leans into Nine Inch Nails' and Ministry's grind; weirdly, the blood pressure-raising "Closer to God" sounds less like NIN and more like punk plus klezmer, or Eurovision at its most rictus-grin experimental. Song rhythms can sound like a ticking time bomb ("Clowns") or a code-blue flatline wail ("Wither," which finds Love out of his head—fire-breathing lines like "You want a truth, I'll tell you one/ Fuck 'em all, fuck 'em all to the sun"). And "Running" remakes the mosh pit with sax-flexing industrial ska and Love sounding like a sentient machine; these are the droids you're looking for. © Shelly Ridenour/Qobuz
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Darren Jones, Engineer - James Ford, Producer, Mixer, Engineer - Jimmy Robertson, Producer, Engineer - Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Christopher Hughes, Composer, Lyricist - Caesar Edmunds, ImmersiveMixingEngineer - Fat Dog, MainArtist - Domino Publishing Company Ltd, MusicPublisher - Joe Love, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Gamaliel Traynor, Engineer - Joel Burton, Engineer
2024 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2024 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Darren Jones, Engineer - James Ford, Producer, Mixer, Engineer - Jimmy Robertson, Producer, Engineer - Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Caesar Edmunds, ImmersiveMixingEngineer - Fat Dog, MainArtist - Domino Publishing Company Ltd, MusicPublisher - Joe Love, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Gamaliel Traynor, Engineer - Joel Burton, Engineer
2024 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2024 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Darren Jones, Engineer - James Ford, Producer, Mixer, Engineer - Jimmy Robertson, Producer, Engineer - Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Caesar Edmunds, ImmersiveMixingEngineer - Fat Dog, MainArtist - Domino Publishing Company Ltd, MusicPublisher - Joe Love, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Gamaliel Traynor, Engineer - Joel Burton, Engineer
2024 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2024 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Darren Jones, Engineer - James Ford, Engineer - Jimmy Robertson, Producer, Mixer, Engineer - Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Caesar Edmunds, ImmersiveMixingEngineer - Fat Dog, MainArtist - Domino Publishing Company Ltd, MusicPublisher - Joe Love, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixer - Gamaliel Traynor, Engineer - Joel Burton, Engineer
2024 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2024 Domino Recording Co Ltd
James Ford, Producer, Mixer - Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Caesar Edmunds, ImmersiveMixingEngineer - Fat Dog, MainArtist - Domino Publishing Company Ltd, MusicPublisher - Joe Love, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Programmer
2024 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2024 Domino Recording Co Ltd
James Ford, Producer, Mixer, Programmer - Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Caesar Edmunds, ImmersiveMixingEngineer - Fat Dog, MainArtist - Domino Publishing Company Ltd, MusicPublisher - Joe Love, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Programmer
2024 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2024 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Darren Jones, Engineer - James Ford, Producer, Mixer, Engineer - Jimmy Robertson, Producer, Engineer - Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Caesar Edmunds, ImmersiveMixingEngineer - Fat Dog, MainArtist - Domino Publishing Company Ltd, MusicPublisher - Joe Love, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Gamaliel Traynor, Engineer - Joel Burton, Engineer
2024 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2024 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Darren Jones, Engineer - James Ford, Producer, Mixer, Engineer - Jimmy Robertson, Producer, Engineer - Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Caesar Edmunds, ImmersiveMixingEngineer - Fat Dog, MainArtist - Domino Publishing Company Ltd, MusicPublisher - Joe Love, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Gamaliel Traynor, Engineer - Joel Burton, Engineer
2024 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2024 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Darren Jones, Engineer - James Ford, Mixer, Engineer - Jimmy Robertson, Producer, Engineer - Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Caesar Edmunds, ImmersiveMixingEngineer - Fat Dog, MainArtist - Domino Publishing Company Ltd, MusicPublisher - Joe Love, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Gamaliel Traynor, Engineer - Neil Bell, Composer, Lyricist - Joel Burton, Engineer
2024 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2024 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Album review
The fact that something as mad, unpredictable, and singular as Fat Dog can become the U.K.'s next big thing is refreshing; this is what people mean by a vibe shift. The South London quintet is ushering in a new nihilism—shut up and dance—that takes old influences and turns them into something largely unfamiliar. Opener "Vigilante" suggests a rave at the Thunderdome, with chilling synth tracking the Revelations-esque evangelizing of a horror-movie preacher: "I was there to watch the first wretched cells of existence tear themselves apart as the tides came in and froze and thawed and the cracks in the earth opened, gaping maws screaming." The music builds to a frenzy for the first time (of many) and it's absolute "where am I?" chaos. "King of the Slugs" is a seven-minute pastiche in which industrial punk morphs into storm-the-castle high pomp which turns Doors loungey with a cave echo … then what sounds like a mad tarantella, then the musical equivalent of a toreador's waving red cape, then back to head-banging industrial and all over again. It is a mind wipe—a sinus-clearing blast. Singer Joe Love maddeningly repeats the title of "I Am the King" 23 times in that song, which starts out with icy shades of Underworld before melting into a pristine orchestral state of being. "All the Same" leans into Nine Inch Nails' and Ministry's grind; weirdly, the blood pressure-raising "Closer to God" sounds less like NIN and more like punk plus klezmer, or Eurovision at its most rictus-grin experimental. Song rhythms can sound like a ticking time bomb ("Clowns") or a code-blue flatline wail ("Wither," which finds Love out of his head—fire-breathing lines like "You want a truth, I'll tell you one/ Fuck 'em all, fuck 'em all to the sun"). And "Running" remakes the mosh pit with sax-flexing industrial ska and Love sounding like a sentient machine; these are the droids you're looking for. © Shelly Ridenour/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:33:03
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Fat Dog
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Domino Recording Co
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2024 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2024 Domino Recording Co Ltd
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