The Roof Dogs Announce New LP, Share "Weather" Single + Video via CHORUS.FM | 'Here You Are' LP Due Spring 2023 via Earth Libraries

The Roof Dogs Announce New LP, Share "Weather" Single + Video via CHORUS.FM Announce West Coast Tour Dates Here You Are LP Due Spring 2023 via Earth Libraries Photo by Ethan Benavidez

LISTEN/WATCH & SHARE: The Roof Dogs - "Weather" Stream / YouTube "The band packs into crunchy guitars paired with crisply delivered vocals for a crowd-pleasing indie rock delivery." - CHORUS.FM “Yelping and howling over driving proto punk guitars and syncopated rock and roll rhythms” - Under the Radar The Roof Dogs' new single "Weather" is here! A precursor for their debut LP, Here You Are (due Spring 2023 via Earth Libraries), this indie-rock tune is sure to get you tapping your feet! The accompanying video takes you on a visual tour through the song's lyrics, packing a surprise ending. Featuring crunchy guitars and dreamy vocals, this song is only a taste of what is to come from The Roof Dogs. A grandson overhears Grandpa's morning newspaper article; A mother's moral approval of a killer's actions. On "Weather," each of the characters are subject to the uncertainty and the uncaring nature of a day's events. "I've become subservient to the weather" — the refrain is heard again and again over a steady motorik beat, with each return arriving more assuredly than the last, until finally, piercing guitars and the swell of trumpets embolden those words completely. The Roof Dogs - "Weather" [OFFICIAL VIDEO] Video by Aidan O’Connor  "Weather" - CREDITS Written by Andrew Marczak, Jesse Cheshire, Sean Maher, Trevor Joellenbeck, and Tommy Creighton Produced by Tristan Huygen Recorded by Robbie Skye Hamilton at Strange Magic Recording and Tristan Huygen in our practice space Mixed by Tristan Huygen Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering Players: Andrew Marczak - Guitar and Vocals Jesse Cheshire - Guitar and Vocals Sean Maher - Bass Trevor Joellenbeck - Drums Tommy Creighton - Trumpet “You’ve been testing out all your angles, your arms and legs are tangled up there in your room,” The Roof Dogs sing on "Starpower," the penultimate track from Here You Are. Written during 2020 lockdowns, The Roof Dogs’ first LP leans into repetition, drawn out musical passages, and lyrical themes of isolation and fatalism. On album opener "Real Dancing," Cheshire sings of an imagined party where “nothing’s wrong,” only to paint us “captives” of our own fantasies as the song progresses into dissonance and paranoia. The album continues with "Weather," a mid tempo reflection on becoming numb to the world’s injustice and the misguided assumption that chaos is equal to freedom. “I’ve become subservient to the weather,” Marczak sings over a steady motorik beat. Other tracks deal with concepts of absurdism and futility ("Nihilist Chant," "All Red"), disordered and confused pasts ("Tune Up"), and isolation and escapism ("Starpower," "Unicorn, Mutter"). Side two opener "Holy Jerks" is a demented tale of society’s return to pagan rituals of human sacrifice in a future time of economic crisis and ecological disaster, broadly examining religious obsession with a cheeky, carnivalesque madness. Musically, the album is less concise than previous releases. The songs are longer and are arranged around extended instrumental passages, with lyrics sometimes taking a backseat to the band’s playing. Keyboard instruments rise to new levels of importance, with almost every track including serious contribution from the synthesizer, organ, or piano. Despite these developments in style, characteristic Dogisms such as Maher’s syncopated and groove-heavy bass lines remain. The record was recorded over 2021 between Strange Magic and Jamdek recording studios in Chicago, as well as the band’s practice space and apartments with help of frequent collaborator Tristan Huygen. Keep an eye out for Here You Are, out in the spring of 2023! THE ROOF DOGS LINKS Instagram | Spotify | Apple Music