FAT DOG

Woof (Domino)

If you’re not yet familiar with Fat Dog, you should be. The London group’s debut album Woof comes with a reputation for frenzied live performances and lays down a marker for those who are yet to worship at their altar. Woof is nine songs of pure insanity, with influences from trance to 2-tone to dance to indie to happy hardcore and more, all coming together to create one of the best debut albums of the year.

Opening song Vigilante sets the scene for the sonic chaos to come, Wither is a fever dream at the weirdest rave of your life, single King Of The Slugs is a seven-minute-plus journey through what actually makes Fat Dog brilliant, whilst Running is practically pure filth, wearing its trance influences on its sleeve. Get ready to run, Fat Dog are coming – and we’re all coming along for the ride.

words JOSHUA WILLIAMS