Dr. Dog will release a collection of rare tracks on March 4th via Park the Van Records. Initially released as unmastered streaming audio on the band’s website, www.weallbelong.net, the ten re-mastered tracks on Passed Away are a lo-fi assortment of 4-track recordings made over the past five years leading up to and surrounding their 2007 breakout album We All Belong. Passed Away is just Dr. Dog recording songs because that’s what they do, not for anyone but kind of for everyone at the same time.
We All Belong effectively launched Dr. Dog into the realm of critically acclaimed indie bands, earning them praise from Rollingstone Magazine (which placed them at the #39 spot in its Top 50 Albums of the Year), Entertainment Weekly, GQ Magazine, NPR’s World Café, and more. Since then, the band has spent the year on the road with the likes of Wilco and Dinosaur Jr. and headlined their own tour with labelmates The Teeth and The High Strung. iTunes users will receive a live video of We All Belong’s “Die, Die, Die” filmed during this time with purchase of Passed Away.
And while the material on Passed Away is a glance at Dr. Dog’s past, the band is currently hard at work on a new studio album to be released later this year. In the meantime, they’re also hitting the road for select tour dates in February and March.
Listen to Dr. Dog “A Long Time Ago” (Park the Van) (right click, save as)
Dr. Dog Tour Dates:
2/15 – The Electric Factory 40th Anniversary Show supporting Levon Helm!
- Philadelphia, PA
3/04 – Local 506 – Chapel Hill, NC
3/05 – The Pour House – Charleston, SC
3/06 – Jinx – Savannah, GA
3/08 – Langerado Music Festival – Clewiston, FL
3/11 – Bottletree Café – Birmingham, AL
3/14 – SXSW Austin, TX
3/15 – SXSW Austin, TX
3/16 – SXSW Austin, TX
3/18 – George’s Majestic – Fayetville, AK
Dr. Dog Passed Away track list:
1. Oh Me Oh My
2. Going Home
3. The Man Who Was Wrong
4. I’m Standing In The Light
5. A Long Time Ago
6. Oh My God
7. Me And My Girl
8. Eyesing The Blues
9. Little Bird
10. Beer Can