(Credits: Far Out / Dylan Coates)
One of the buzziest bands to emerge in 2023 was undoubtedly Fat Dog. Another expertise plucked from The Windmill in Brixton, the venue is beginning to really feel like a left-field fame-making machine as The Last Dinner Party and Picture Parlour additionally got here up from the identical stage that launched the world to Fat White Family, Black Midi and extra.
Before they even formally launched a music, Fat Dog did the rounds on the competition circuit. This is an ideal instance of how phrase of mouth can nonetheless increase a band to notoriety. So when ‘King Of The Slugs’ was launched in August, the strain was excessive as all eyes and ears turned in the direction of that debut.
Far Out summed the monitor up completely writing, “Containing all the frantic, agitated energy of their onstage presence, ‘King of the Slugs’ comprises seven minutes of caustic noise.” Capturing the vitality the band has fostered at their dwell reveals and competition slots, the music went down a deal with.
But now, with a brand new one, can ‘All The Same’ dwell as much as it? Festival season is lengthy over, the trade is just simply waking up after Christmas, and it’s chilly out; nobody desires to freeze in a venue smoking space, and this all provides to the hefty weight.
However, ‘All The Same’ looks like the right antidote to all that. Unlike the audio and sensory overload of ‘King of the Slugs’, which felt like an introductory crash course to their vibe, this new lower is much extra manageable and effortlessly listenable. With main Eighties membership vitality, they’re leaning extra into the submit than the punk right here with flavours of Depeche Mode or Bauhaus abounding.
Condensed right into a bitesize three-minute bundle, ‘All The Same’ by some means manages to really feel much more daring than their debut by merely being extra playable and interesting, embracing the format of pop. Refusing to be cloistered by their swift repute as a wild dwell band, this new monitor delivers one thing polished, catchy and danceable. Not solely is it a monitor you’d need to hear the band play dwell, however you’d need to hear it on a dancefloor or blasting out of your home audio system.
If ‘King of the Slugs’ was designed to show they might dwell as much as the hype, ‘All The Same’ looks like an announcement that they’ll outlive it. It looks like a music with extra endurance because the band lets the frenzy die down just a little and settles into who they’ll be as they carve out their recorded legacy.
