Dick Dudley wastes no time on “Dog Park.” For a song that just a little over a minute long and is essentially having a moment of acute existential awareness at the reality of working a regular job and doing the thing one needs to do to do right by one’s animal companion and take one’s dog to the dog park it gets weird with the spiky, jittery guitar work and slinky bass line and mumbling, borderline nervous breakdown vocals. And within that micro universe of contemplation the song takes out a moment to indulge a guitar solo worthy of Minutemen before sputtering out and life going back to the usual rituals and acceptance of such in order for life to maintain a semblance of normalcy and stability. But for a moment the character of the song, perhaps a universal experience for the working bloke who sometimes plays in a weird punk band, we get a glimpse into the idle thoughts that seem so poignant and amusing because life is so often mundane and absurd when allowed under the microscope of self-examination and in taking that time to remind oneself of the proper place of these thoughts it is entirely possible to live with both being an art weirdo and a normie and not see either as mutually exclusive. Listen to “Dog Park” on Spotify and follow Dick Dudley on Instagram.
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