If youāve been paying any attention to UK music in the last year or two, youāve probably already encountered Fat Dog. If not: South London seven-piece, debut album āWOOFā in 2024, raucous electro-punk-art-rock with a lot of energy and very few rules.
Their frontman got married in Vegas mid-tour, they had collective breakdowns in LA, and they played four shows in 27 hours at Glastonbury. Now theyāre back.
New single āShit Loveā is stabbing synths, manic vocals and a beat that, as the band put it, sounds like a rollercoaster trying to shake itself off the tracks. Itās about ātwo fucking insane people who argue constantly and they are world-enders every timeā, says frontman Joe Love, which is a pretty good brief.
Itās the third single from second album āCancel Me (Iām Tired)ā, out 2 Oct, a record that apparently pulls in addiction, AI, ancestry, Chris Tarrant, S&M, B&M, H&M and M&Ms. Big, then.
They headline Brixton Academy on 24 Oct.
š§ Listen to āShit Loveā below