Mini Post #2: Dogs on Acid

Pinkerton era Weezer is that you??

I can’t help but hear Weezer all throughout this debut single from Dogs on Acid, a band that came about from the fall of the legendary emo[1]  revival band Algernon Cadwallader.

I’m really loving the track “Make it easy”, it’s just a nice, fun, perfectly structured power pop song. I’m still not convinced this isn’t sung by Rivers Cuomo. From the opening line “the stop and go…” to the chorus with its softly sung lead up “I want time to be all mine”, the resemblance is undeniable. The transition between the two tracks consists of some feedback going into 4 cymbal hits which can’t be anything but homage to Tired of Sex.

the single on bandcamp, free download

 


1  A more naive version of myself has been quoted as saying:  “a good emo band? Isn’t that an oxymoron?”. I’ve since learned that the music popularly labelled “emo” has almost  nothing to do with actual emo music, which as it turns out is largely brilliant. A post on this some day.

One thought on “Mini Post #2: Dogs on Acid

  1. You had me a Pinkerton era =w=eezer!
    Nice track, the Rivers-ness was particularly apparent for me on that soaring vocal line just before the 3 minute mark.
    Thanks for the introduction, looking forward to that post from the footnote!

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