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The Lord Dog Bird
The Lord Dog Bird
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
1. The Shedding Path
2. No Security
3. One Mind
4. Druids
5. Song For Woodthrush
6. Back To Drinkwater
7. March To The Mountain
8. Walking (With You)
9. The Gift Of Song In The Lion's Den

CD Details

All Artists: The Lord Dog Bird
Title: The Lord Dog Bird
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Jagjaguwar
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 8/5/2008
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: Indie & Lo-Fi, Singer-Songwriters
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 656605211824, 656605211817, 656605211862

Synopsis

Product Description

The solo recording project of Colin McCann (Wilderness guitarist). Recorded while Wilderness was on hiatus, this record is a gritty, tactile document of a time spent in self-exploration and flux. The songs are buoyed by melodies that are at once sad and hopeful. The listener is immediately drawn in by their intimacy and honesty, with vocals imparting a sincerity and intensity that often borders on vulnerability.

CD Reviews

Home recordings and funny names.

Kevin Satterwhite | Houston, TX United States | 08/18/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Lord Dog Bird... what a name. I wonder if there is any intricate meaning or if singer/songwriter, Colin McCann, tried his best to find a band name that wasn't copyrighted yet? Contrary to his choice of silly artist name, The Lord Dog Bird's music is nothing less of stark, contrasting, very melodic and very reverberated folk. It's gorgeous stuff and not all dissimilar to Bon Iver's release earlier this year.

I think TLDB's greatest success with this album is it's cohesiveness. All the songs fit together to show a bigger picture. Some songs feature effects and ideas unique in each song and some effects and ideas that expand multiple songs. Some songs progress ("Song For Woodthrush"), some songs possess basic structure ("No Security"). There's even instrumentals that work well as such ("Back To Drink Water"). And there's one heck of an ending ("The Gift Of Song In The Lion's Den").

Most listeners should initially be aware that the reverb on this album is turned way up. The sound quality sounds like a beginners home recordings. But that's what The Lord Dog Bird was going for and it's very successful and works to appease listeners. If you enjoyed Bon Iver's excellent debut earlier this year than there's a good chance this music might be your flavor as well."