Blind Dog--The Last Adventures Of Captain Dog
MeteorCity 2001
It's a great time to be a fan of heavy, downtuned music. There is so much good stuff coming out at such a fast rate, it sometimes gets overwhelming. However, as good as a lot of the stuff is, much of it sounds so similar to other bands that the music can become faceless. To bring a sense of variance to the musical proceedings often prooves to risky for many bands in the expanding marketplace. Thankfully, this is not the case with Blind Dog.
With The Last Adventures Of Captain Dog, Blind Dog manage to create an album that is definitely groove-based and wearing its influences openly, while at the same time maintaining a sense of originality. In fact, the originality seems to come from the way they blend their influences. There is an obvious Blind-era COC vibe running throughout the whole album, but they switch it up with some Sabbath-esque doomy sounds and even some acoustic parts that are reminiscent of Sixty Watt Shaman's quieter moments or maybe Polly Jean Harvey's Dance Hall at Louse Point.
Bringing so many different styles together, one might think the songs would suffer. This certainly isn't the case. On the contrary, one of the things that makes The Last Adventures Of Captain Dog such a great listen is how the band effortlessly shifts style and mood, usually within the same song. It all segues so seamlessly in and out of itself that only with several concerted listens are you fully able to appreciate what is going on.
If you're tired of the same old "stoner" rock, this may be just what you're looking for. However, it's got enough of what you've come to love in that style that anyone can dig it. This one is for people who crave groove, period, but it will probably be most appreciated by doom 'n' groovers who lack musical tunnel vision.
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