Fat Dog stays true to itself on “Cancel Me (I'm Tired)”
3voor12 made Fat Dog its album of the week, and after reading Seth de Wildt's review I'm quite curious. The album is the second from the London band: Cancel Me (I'm Tired).
The five-piece formed during the Covid period in south London, as a reaction to bands that took themselves too seriously. Their live shows are known as extremely energetic and chaotic, and the band already had cult status before any official music came out. The 2024 debut WOOF. is described by the reviewer as uncompromising and intense.
On the new album the intensity remains, but there are calmer moments too. The title combines exhaustion from endless touring with cancel culture: when you get canceled, at least you can rest for a while. The music mixes new wave, dance, punk and indie.
The review highlights a few tracks. 'Smile and Wave' opens as a sturdy, mostly fun punk record. The title track is a synthpop song that recalls the nineties and is better suited to dancing. 'Shit love' reminds the reviewer of a badly dubbed intro to an American teen series. 'Heart of Darkness' is an accessible indie tune with a catchy melody, with singer Joe Love in the foreground, and the closer 'Aliens' starts small and keeps getting bigger.
The reviewer calls the album a "garbage-can breed that goes in all directions", different from the earlier work but with recognisable humour. It sounds like a record I want to play loud before forming an opinion, and the description alone makes me enthusiastic.
Source: 3voor12
The five-piece formed during the Covid period in south London, as a reaction to bands that took themselves too seriously. Their live shows are known as extremely energetic and chaotic, and the band already had cult status before any official music came out. The 2024 debut WOOF. is described by the reviewer as uncompromising and intense.
On the new album the intensity remains, but there are calmer moments too. The title combines exhaustion from endless touring with cancel culture: when you get canceled, at least you can rest for a while. The music mixes new wave, dance, punk and indie.
The review highlights a few tracks. 'Smile and Wave' opens as a sturdy, mostly fun punk record. The title track is a synthpop song that recalls the nineties and is better suited to dancing. 'Shit love' reminds the reviewer of a badly dubbed intro to an American teen series. 'Heart of Darkness' is an accessible indie tune with a catchy melody, with singer Joe Love in the foreground, and the closer 'Aliens' starts small and keeps getting bigger.
The reviewer calls the album a "garbage-can breed that goes in all directions", different from the earlier work but with recognisable humour. It sounds like a record I want to play loud before forming an opinion, and the description alone makes me enthusiastic.
Source: 3voor12
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