You sit down at the computer to do some emails, search around for some music to listen to at the same time and then, find some music that just makes you sit back and listen with avid attention.
Try mixing Anais Mitchell or Jonsi with Allo Darlin’ and you start to get close to the delightful opener ‘SoND’ which band Leader Inge Chiles describes as "In my mind I was addressing a dear friend who, as a woman, felt pressure to define herself according to whatever boy she was dating. It’s a dreamy song for sure.
‘Bird Years’, is immediately a more upbeat and extremely catchy song that has the feet tapping in no time as does ‘Sleepy Blinking’. Later on ‘Hi-Fi is back in the fragile beauty realms of the opening song. ’Hi-Fi’ is a beautiful song. The title track finishes the EP on an ‘up’ and with the listener waiting for more.
The band hail from Springfield, Missouri and earlier this year were playing under the name of Plaid Dragon, receiving some great reviews from their appearances at SXSW.
The EP ‘Dog Physics’ lasts under 20 minutes and it is available on bandcamp under a Radiohead ‘Pay what you like scheme’. So please do give it 20 minutes of your time and a fiver from your pocket, it contains some lovely music start to finish.
The band’s debut LP is due in the Spring of 2014
