While some songs try to make sense of the many layers of human emotion and others take on the big and pressing societal issues of the day, there are some that come along that don’t try to hit on any of those big lofty topics but somehow end up being just as relevant as anything. Here to take up that slot is the latest post-punk gut punch of a single “Dog Park” from Australia’s Dick Dudley that tackles the relentless presentation of Idles and Fontaines D.C. The lyrics are about as raw and straightforward as they come, but bring a certain poetic justice to the mundane that life deserves.
“Dog Park was triggered by an 80s Soviet Post-punk drum sample. The early iterations had a dark mechanical sound before it was brought to the band to flesh out together. What came out was a punchy, straight forward and driving track. We just wanted to keep it simple, keep it fun. Richie put down the lyrics almost instantly after hearing the demo. He was staring through the glass doors between our rehearsal space and a newly built dog park. Guess that’s where the lyrical inspiration came from. You’d have to ask him… he’s back in the UK somewhere eating a liver onion chip dinner,” says the band.
