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Blind Dog -The Last Adventures Of Captain Dog
Artist : Blind Dog
Album : The Last Adventures Of Captain Dog
Label : I Used To Fuck People Like You In Prison Records
Year : 2001
Genre : Rock Source : CDDA
Encoder : FLAC 1.2.1 Bitrate : 986kbps
Playtime : 63:54 Size : 453.87 MB
Tracks:
01 Thundergroove 05:06
02 10.000 Reasons 03:56
03 Blend 05:40
04 Beyond My Reach 06:10
05 When Im Finally Gone 03:26
06 Feels Like My Mind... 02:41
07 Wish I Knew Which Side Im On 06:39
08 Damned If I Should Care 02:00
09 Coming To 08:09
10 Back Where Ive Always Been 06:44
11 (A Sign Instead Of A Title) 02:38
12 Sun 06:02
13 Lose 04:43
Notes:
New Mexican self-proclaimed rapcore hating label,
Meteor City, kick out a howling heavy CD with Blind
Dog's debut, The Last Adventures of Captain Dog.
Previous only appearance of Blind Dog was on
Roadrunner's Burn One Up compilation, a stoner-rock CD.
The label is very competent, and has such acts as The
Atomic Bitchwax (with Monster Magnet's Ed Mundell),
Goatsnake, Natas and others. Well produced and well
packaged, The Last Adventures of Captain Dog even have
great liner notes - Blind Dog don't offer lyrics within
the sleeve of the album, however. Instead they offer
their story and history, a well written expose' that
brings back the days when bands actually had something
to say besides what's in the songs, including stories
behind the tracks themselves - well done!
Made up of Thomas Elenvik (drums/percussion/Hammond),
Joakim Thell (guitars/harmonica) and Tobias Nilsson
(bass/growly vocals), I was somewhat surprised to find
only three members of this band. Their work sounds very
complete, especially guitars, and it's easy to see four
or five people contributing to the powerful sound.
Playing together for about a half decade or so now, The
Last Adventures of Captain Dog is as much an anthology
of Blind Dog's work than it is a debut album, with
songs that are as old as the outfit. You have to
respect a band that waits until the "right time" to put
something out, rehearsing, refining the tracks, instead
of just farting out a quick debut that is nothing but
raw cuts and things that should find their home instead
among the rats of the studio floor.
The CD open with the enormously heavy Thundergroove, a
riff-crushing balls out track of utter carnage. Heavy
enough to crush a freighter, groovy enough to stomp a
pit. Keeping the heavy and loud style, 10,000 Reasons
on track 2 breaks through after Thundergroove picking
up the speed just a bit at the outset but slowing down
to a more grunge-oriented rhythm. I have to give props
to the inclusion of a sample of Merlin from the film
"Excalibur" starting off Blend (track 3). And I love
the opening riff of Beyond My Reach. It has a classic,
rock metal feel to it hearkening back to Led Zep, Pink
Floyd and Jethro Tull. The keyboards you hear in the
back are reminiscent of Steppenwolf, and harmonica adds
a touch of blues, and all of the above show the wide
range of influence that go into a band that are as much
fans of the music as they are players. We can even take
a break with track 8 - Damned If I Should Care is a
ballad that opens with rock-country guitar chords, but
at 2:00 in length it mostly provides a short breather
between heavier tracks. It provides a nice segue into
the next track, Coming To. The album closes just as
heavy as it opened with the closing track Lose, coming
in like a lion and going out with just as strong a
roar.