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When searching for engaging, consistent, emotional American noise, we need not look further than Southern California’s +DOG+, whose body of work remains unpredictable and unapologetic. For A Separate Secret World, Steve Davis and his merry band of noisicians have produced a dark, dense collection of sonic textures and static loops that firmly establish the collective as spearheads of the genre.
The overall sound is stark and lo-fi. Distorted squelch subtly mutates as tones shift and sounds converge in focused, pulsing beams. It’s the sound of pure electricity, energy buzzing in vibrant glory like a swarm of robotic locusts ready to decimate all in its path. Each of the five tracks establishes a direction and stays with it, exploring the space within the track to make it a three-dimensional soundscape. Buzzing engines crash through static walls, creating new terrain in the process. It’s a grim world, nonjudgmental but searingly harsh.
In +DOG+’s separate, secret world, sound becomes stucco: rough, scraping, porous sheets of electronic glare. It may not be pleasant, but it is the truth, no matter how we look at it. For that, we should be grateful.
