July 19 street date. For more than two decades, Dr. Dog have maintained a shared devotion to the unruly alchemy of making music. When it came time to create their eleventh studio album, the Philadelphia-bred band adopted an entirely new way of working together, embracing a multilayered process designed to foster a deeper synergy among its five members. After beginning that journey with a close-knit session in the Pennsylvania woods, Dr. Dog steadily made their way toward the joyfully unfettered psych-rock of their new self-titled LP. Mixed by multi-Grammy-winner Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, Drive-By Truckers), "Dr. Dog" finds lead guitarist Scott McMicken taking the helm as producer for the first time in the history of the decidedly egalitarian band. True to the eclectic spirit that's always animated the band, the album's 11 tracks shift from soul to surf-rock to symphonic pop with an exuberance made all the more powerful by their revitalized creative energy. Their first full-length since 2018's "Critical Equation", "Dr. Dog" reveals a band - over twenty years into their storied career - growing together and evolving, fully committed to the singular work of dreaming up songs that brighten the mind and expand the soul.
July 19 street date. For more than two decades, Dr. Dog have maintained a shared devotion to the unruly alchemy of making music. When it came time to create their eleventh studio album, the Philadelphia-bred band adopted an entirely new way of working together, embracing a multilayered process designed to foster a deeper synergy among its five members. After beginning that journey with a close-knit session in the Pennsylvania woods, Dr. Dog steadily made their way toward the joyfully unfettered psych-rock of their new self-titled LP. Mixed by multi-Grammy-winner Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, Drive-By Truckers), "Dr. Dog" finds lead guitarist Scott McMicken taking the helm as producer for the first time in the history of the decidedly egalitarian band. True to the eclectic spirit that's always animated the band, the album's 11 tracks shift from soul to surf-rock to symphonic pop with an exuberance made all the more powerful by their revitalized creative energy. Their first full-length since 2018's "Critical Equation", "Dr. Dog" reveals a band - over twenty years into their storied career - growing together and evolving, fully committed to the singular work of dreaming up songs that brighten the mind and expand the soul.
March 18 street date. New limited 10th anniversary edition pressed on red & clear galaxy coloured vinyl. Recorded in the summer of 2011, "Be The Void" seizes that vibrant spirit and transforms it into a 12-track song selection that's at turns deadly catchy and dance-worthy, wistful and bittersweet, and earthy-earnest. Though each track feels richly textured and intricately layered, the band made a conscious effort to keep the recording process fast and loose. All throughout "Be The Void", Dr. Dog delights in a playfulness that lends a refreshingly oddball feel even to the record's more true-to-form tracks. "These Days", for instance, backs its bouncy bassline with a dizzying swirl of sunny guitars, while the handclapping and hollering on the album-opening "Lonesome" help twist a downer of a refrain into a sweetly anthemic stomper of a song.