Fat Dog have launched their latest energetic single ‘All The Same’ and have shared new tour dates within the US.
The observe marks the band’s second launch underneath their new label, Domino. Co-produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Geese, Shame, Blur) and the band’s frontman Joe Love, ‘All The Same’ incorporates a retro beat paying homage to old 80s-90s video video games. The tune follows their 2023 launch, ‘King Of The Slugs’.
Speaking of the observe in a press launch, the band commented “What if you could turn the clock back and make a change? Just a single, well-placed kick, that perhaps could change the whole course of your life. Perhaps the party never has to stop?”
Directed by Dylan Coates, the tune’s accompanying video stars Neil Bell (Dead Man’s Shoes, Dune, Peterloo) and has been described as a “twisted, absurdist tale of time travel and fatherhood”.
A restricted version 7” of ‘All The Same’ is ready for launch on March 22 and can characteristic an unique B-side ‘Land Before Time’. You can pre-order the vinyl here.
Fat Dog have additionally introduced their first ever North American exhibits in New York City and Los Angeles. They may also be taking part in at this 12 months’s version of SXSW. The band have additionally added a homecoming gig in London’s Electric Ballroom. Check out the complete checklist of tour dates beneath and visit here for tickets.
Fat Dog 2024 UK, EU and US tour dates are:
JANUARY
18 – Eurosonic Noorderslag 2024, Groningen
FEBURARY
15 – Borderline Festival, Dublin
16 – Dolans, Limerick
17 – Róisín Dubh, Galway
24 – Simple Things, Bristol
MARCH
1 – Les Inrocks Festival, Cent Quatre, Paris
12 – Trans Pecos, Brooklyn, NY
13 – 16 – SXSW, Austin, TX
19 – El Cid, Los Angeles, CA
20 – Popscene @ Brick & Mortar, San Francisco, CA
APRIL
18 – Electric Brixton, London
20 – Motel Mozaique, Rotterdam
26 – Le Printemps de Bourges, Bourges
MAY
September 11 – Focus Wales, Wrexham
31 – 2nd June – Maifeld Derby, Mannheim
JULY
6 – Eurockeenes, Belfort
26 – 29 – Deer Shed, North Yorkshire
AUGUST
8 -11 – Ypsigrock Festival, Sicily
31 – Manchester Psych Fest, Manchester
The band’s observe ‘King Of Slugs’ landed the quantity 33 spot on NME‘s 50 best songs of 2023.
Speaking of the tune, NME wrote: “When this band played Reading Festival in August, in the crowd stood a teenager with a sign that read ‘Fat Dog are for the kids’. ‘King Of The Slugs’ spoke to that sentiment: this pummelling, seven minute-long debut single was passionate and unselfconscious, dumb and clever all at once. It may sound like a glorious mess, but it captured the singular energy of an act responsible for a whole new underground youth movement.”
In a four-star review of Fat Dog’s gig in Manchester, NME mentioned: “By the time the frantic ‘I Am The King’ arrives, which sees Love breathlessly repeating the track’s eponymous refrain, you can’t help but feel you’re watching the coronation of 2023’s wildest live band.”
