{"product_id":"zinger-843563174234","title":"Zinger","description":"DOG DATE has such sights to show you.  Controlled chaos is the name of the game for the  New York City-based five-piece-heavy on the  latter and light on the former. Powered by two  guitars, bass, and not one, but two drummers,  DOG DATE is a rock 'n' roll force to be reckoned  with, and their sophomore full-length, Zinger, is  a technicolor blast of distortion and hooks that's  sure to put a smile on your face. Beginning in 2015 as the home recording project  of guitarist\/vocalist Dylan Kennedy, DOG DATE first came up playing and recording in basements  around New Jersey, releasing a handful of demo  cassettes leading up to 2019's Hellpod tape,  which caught the attention of Baltimore's Pop  Wig Records. Soon Malcolm Spraggs Hoyt  (guitar), Leo Didkovsky (drums), and Kristian  Pitaccio (drums) were brought on to flesh out  the live band, and the group began to gain a  reputation for their uniquely pummeling dualdrummer attack and ripping guitars. 2021 saw  the release of DOG DATE's debut LP, Child's Play,  and their lineup solidifed with the addition of Andy  Stoffo on bass. The shows in support of Child's  Play-which included performances with the  likes of TURNSTILE, ANGEL DU$T, MANNEQUIN  PUSSY, THE BOBBY LEE'S, SMIRK, SURFBORT,  and more-allowed the group to further hone their  playful, punk-infused pandemonium, and that  high-voltage live spirit would prove essential to  the creation of Zinger.  Where the previous DOG DATE recordings were  made piecemeal by Kennedy alone, Zinger is the  work of a well-oiled unit in their element. 'We  really wanted to bring that live dynamic into the  studio and play everything together,' explains  Kennedy. 'We recorded live with only a handful  of overdubs, and having both drummers playing  together on this one was so important for us  because they're able to bounce off one another  so naturally.' The unrestrained energy was  captured at Hyperballad Studios by engineers  Matt Labozza and Morgan Miller, resulting in  a lean set of furious-yet-welcoming songs that  bring all the members' collective strengths to  bear. Zinger imagines a world where Billy Corgan  joined THE WIPERS-a thick wall of dimed-out,  Big Muff fuzz applied to spiky, hyperactive punkrock songs. 'Nirvana' opens the record with a  bang, sounding like MUDHONEY on a primitive  hardcore kick before an unexpectedly intricate  and melodic bridge offers a moment of respite  in the distorted ruckus. Tracks like 'Nuff Said,' 'F Bomb,' and 'Cruel World Reversal' fly by with  a mix of fury and friendliness, combining biting  riffs with shout-along choruses. Elsewhere,  'Slug' and 'Theory Orb' offer (slightly) slower  tempos that somehow manage to groove  while also kicking you in the teeth, and 'Twin  Star' packs a healthy dose of melody without  sacrificing an ounce of sweaty swagger. It's a  cathartic sound and so is Kennedy's lyricism, the  raw words working in tandem with the music.  'The somewhat frantic nature of this music  makes it fitting to write about inner anxieties,' he  says. 'Hopefully by the last song of this record  I'm maybe getting over some of the panic and  anger from the beginning.' So if you have 26 minutes to spare, spend it with  the steamrolling rock 'n' roll bedlam of Zinger- and DOG DATE will show you such sights  TRACK LIST SIDE A 1. Nirvana 2. Nuff Said 3. Spine Transfer 4. F Bomb 5. Duplo 6. Cruel World Reversal SIDE B 1. Theory Orb 2. Slug 3. Xipe 4. Twin Star 5. I Love That Story","brand":"Pop Wig","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525889495123,"sku":"2634731X","price":22.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/1937\/5187\/files\/4321676.jpg?v=1791902131","url":"https:\/\/www.deepdiscount.com\/products\/zinger-843563174234","provider":"Deep Discount","version":"1.0","type":"link"}