Dog Is DeadThe Bodega Social ClubTuesday 7th April

So the term ‘EP launch’ might have been a tad erroneously thrust upon us – considering all of their ‘new’ tracks are mere touch-ups of familiar favourites – and the night itself may struggle under the weight of its semi-manufactured promotional sheen, but what more could you expect from probably Nottingham’s most hyped-up act?

If anything, the air of slick professionalism even before Dog is Dead take to the stage just goes to reinforce their position as probably the most likely of local bands to break through to the big time. More than ably backed by Vaarlets (gloriously layered dream-indie on a par with The Whitest Boy Alive) and Boat to Row (Nuneaton’s answer to the Marling-Mumford freak-folk continuum), DiD steam through their trademark jazz-pop teetering on shout-along brilliance, while the new tracks they shoehorn in – ‘Hey Old Songbird’ and ‘Oh This Town’ - lose their set none of its sax disco momentum. Not your average college band, then...

Dog is Dead played:

• The Zoo
• Disco Lights
• Noah’s Ark
• Hey Old Songbird
• Small Talk
• Oh This Town
• Board Games
• Clockwork

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