A Giant Dog, catchy, rocking, power pop

2016-02-092016-02-09 fistfulofdave

A Giant Dog

New to me.

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A little research turns up the band already has 2 full lengths out. Really digging this. The track above seems an anomaly with the amount of piano. I hear the Dickies, a little Sparks. Sounds like a band from southern California.

Here are their 2 previous albums.

Bone

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Fight

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Torche’s New Album is Disappointing

2015-02-252015-02-25 fistfulofdave

Torche is one of my favorite bands since 2000. A bright spot in a haze of mediocrity. Forging heavy down tuned metal with pop hooks. They have continued to improve with each release, until now.

The new Torche album Restarter is a let down. A color by numbers effort. Too much sludge, too few hooks.

There are parts that almost reach inspired in the dirges and the poppy songs are head nodding but nothing that has made me want to hear it again.

Everything is too familiar. I’m bummed out.

Take a listen for yourself.