Dog Years - Frankenstien Songs
January 17, 2009 – 11:02 pm
I’ve had this LP on fairly heavy rotation for the past week and I am starting to fall for it in a rather big way. At 20 songs and just over an hour in length - it’s rather on the long side and I usually can’t take LPs that go on much longer than 40 minutes. But after repeated listens to ‘Frankenstein Songs’ I’d imagine the band had the same trouble as me - which songs could they have discarded to bring the LP down to the 40 minute mark - there really is little (none?) filler on the record. The songs here are beautifully crafted, with a sound that floats between jangle pop, alt country and sunshine pop. The bands that spring to mind after listening to Dog Years are those like Beachwood Sparks, The Tyde and maybe a tiny nod to the Broken Family Band - albeit with less of a country twang.
Dog Years have rekindled a passion for this beautiful mix of alt country and indiepop. ‘Frankenstein Songs’ is their 2nd release and it really is a great listen. The band have an intelligence which is often lacking from pop music in 2009. I urge anyone who has missed what Track and Field were up to in the early 2000’s to check this band out. They’re the perfect continuation of that country tinged indiepop sound that the label excelled at releasing. The LP is available to buy from their My Space page for just £6. Do yourself a favour and buy the CD. It comes with a cracking illustrated sleeve as well.
Links: My Space
MP3: Dog Years - Mixtape
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