FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

THE CRITICS HAVE SPOKEN!

LOU DOG PROVES BARK IS AS BIG AS HIS BITE WITH 61 OLD DEPOT

 

�The power of his songs and his talent as an arranger will make you a believer.� � SoundStage

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PHILADELPHIA -- From the New York Press to All Music Guide and beyond, the media buzz is swelling around LOU DOG�s latest release 61 OLD DEPOT, a gritty, street-wise rock album that shows a musical maturity beyond the DOG�s years.

 

In a 5-STAR review, Pulse Weekly called 61 OLD DEPOT �a truly poetic musical masterpiece,� while SoundStage declared: �A number of punk-influenced discs have been released to great acclaim in the last year, but few show the range or ability exhibited in 61 OLD DEPOT.� That�s but a small sample of the praise LOU DOG has received on this no-frills, gritty yet �very melodic� (New York Press) album that�s making its mark on the indie scene. As All Music Guide confirmed, �61 OLD DEPOT demonstrates that LOU DOG is deserving of wider recognition.�

 

The full-length follow-up to LOU DOG�S critically acclaimed, early '03 EP, High Speed Secrets, 61 OLD DEPOT is a sharply poetic, dangerously honest, raw realization of another winter spent in Philadelphia and summer spent in the Hamptons along with producer Bogdan Hernik (Session Movement, Monster Magnet).

 

Elements of Morrison-like spoken word, Sonic Youth-like screaming vocals and guitars and White Stripes-sounding candidness, combined with LOU DOG�s unique voice and incomparable skills as a songwriter, create the straightforward rock album for which music listeners have been demanding.

 

Mastered by Fred Kevorkian (White Stripes, Iggy Pop) the finished product sounds exactly as LOU DOG envisioned.

 

 ï¿½I think 61 OLD DEPOT sounds like a rock record should," says LOU DOG. "It sounds like the band is in the room with you.�

 

As with his last release, LOU DOG played just about all of the instruments heard on 61 OLD DEPOT sans the drums, which were tracked by Zil, of Hybrid/Sony recording artists Pepper�s Ghost. It's LOU DOG, alone, who creates an exposed, passionate mix of songs that draws in the listener with its natural flow from track to track. 

 

As a special offering, LOU DOG uses modern technology to everyone�s advantage.  A prolific songwriter, he created another album�s worth of self-produced material called LOU DOG: FINISHED AND FORGOTTEN. This can only be obtained by getting the link and password from the CD booklet, which directs the listener to a secret web site on which the additional album can be downloaded.  

 

Listen to LOU DOG�s new record 61 OLD DEPOT, download the extra album FINISHED AND FORGOTTEN online. Whatever you do, don�t miss the latest display from this chameleon-like rocker.