Fat Dog's reckless electro-punk is making waves

When the band was formed, among the buildings and streets of south London, in the midst of the pandemic, it is said that the members, after deciding to call themselves Fat Dog, they established two rules: like four-legged friends, the various members, from that moment on, would take care of each other, and they also decided that there would never be the presence of a saxophone in their music. The story of Joe Love, Chris Hughes, Ben Harris, Morgan Wallace and Johnny 'Doghead' Hutch is “old fashioned”in the sense that it passes through a series of musical mechanisms that have never truly died out, and which today have an almost romantic flavour: among these there is word of mouth among those who have seen them perform live.

The group he opened concerts for bands such as Viagra Boys and Yard Act, getting noticed and releasing his first singles, managing within a few years to become a cult reality with a handful of songs. Full venues, theatrical and crazy performances, wild dancing, covers of important magazines like Nme, growing interest from lovers of rock and the UK post punk scene: Fat Dog, today, they are one of the most interesting and talked about emerging bands in the UK. “Our music is the exact opposite of thinking music,” joke Fat Dog, who were born on stage first than on streaming platforms. Their formula? A chaotic concentration of punk, dance and electronics, a reckless, dirty sound and at the same time with evident and irresistible pop nuances. The band's first single, “King of the Slugs” was released in August 2023. The song, a seven-minute track that combines music punk and technowas co-produced by Love and James Ford and was accompanied by a music video directed by Dylan Coates. The song was placed at number 33 on Nme's list of the 50 best songs of 2023.

The next single, “All the same”was released in January 2024, accompanied by a music video featuring Neil Bell. “Running”, a taste of wild and twisted trancewith a video directed by Stephen Agnew, is the latest release from their first album “Woof”, out September 6th. Produced by Joe Love, James Ford and Jimmy Robertson, for this first recording chapter, iThe group claims several influences which include Bicep, IROK, Kamasi Washington and the Russian experimental edm group Little Big. The training will also pass through our area: on August 11th at the Ypsigrock Festival in Castelbuono and will be among the protagonists, from September 12th to 15th, also at the Poplar Festival in Trento.