Ally Carnwath 

Dog Is Dead: All Our Favourite Stories – review

Dog Is Dead take the shortest route to the biggest choruses: good for them, says Ally Carnwath
  
  


It'd be easy to dismiss Nottingham's Dog Is Dead as peddlers of montage music, not least because their anthemic guitar pop has already been snapped up by Sky Sports. But though they're sometimes guilty of plotting the shortest route to the biggest chorus, it hardly matters when the results are as hooky and melodic as this. Reference points include Vampire Weekend and former tour mates Bombay Bicycle Club, particularly on the offbeat shuffle of Do the Right Thing and the low-slung groove of Get Low, but indie tricksiness isn't the point here: these are punchy pop songs with immediate, uncomplicated appeal.

 

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