Biography
From their first ever single release last autumn, it seems DOGS have set out as they mean to go on. National radio stations embraced the double A-side ?London Bridge? and ?End Of An Era? giving the former unprecedented airplay for the newcomers and the Times newspaper said it was ?the debut single of the year?.
Follow up single ?She?s Got A Reason? (February 2005) contains a classic example of Johnny Dogs? unique song writing sang froid ?I liked you better when you liked me as well....?,
This kind of drop dead literary venom is splattered across the album, the killer punk ferocity of ?It?s Not Right? is DOGS in full assault mode. Whereas songs like ?Donkey? and the epic ?Red? reveal a heartbreaking underbelly that makes you fear the pain that might have inspired them.
Elsewhere, the superb ?Tarred & Feathered? displays why it?s such a live favourite amongst the burgeoning DOGS fan base and ?Wait? is surely an all time classic love song moshing down the indie disco. The singles ?Tuned To A Different Station? and ?Selfish Ways? have got respectively the bounciest piece of misanthropy ("I'll bring you firewood, but I'll burn your house down") that's ever graced a song, while ?Tuned...? is a full on paranoid assault, as a brittle Johnny threatens to fall apart while always, always keeping his anger aflame. Never has rage been set to such a totally brutal and brilliant tune. Don't be surprised if you find salvation in this despair. Whatever the breadth, even on the contemplative album namesake 'Turn Against This Land', every song has passion that's impossible to fake. Although others will, undoubtedly, try.
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