New York, NY (Top40 Charts / Company) On
September 9, 2016, the London-based three piece Doe will release their debut album Some Things Last Longer Than You via Old
Flame Records. Today, The Fader premiered the video for "Sincere."
"'Sincere' is a rage pop song about dudes who are great at learning and regurgitating information and appearing like they actually give a shit about women's issues, when their behaviour in private shows a different story. 'I know who you are when no-one else is looking' pretty much sums it up," said the band about the song.
Recently, NPR
Music premiered "Sincere," and praised the album for its "ridiculously hooky, heavy rock songs that look to The Breeders,
Weezer and Sleater-Kinney."
Since their formation in early 2013 after members Nicola Leel (guitar, vocals) and Jake Popyura (drums, vocals) met via a classified ad and bonded over a mutual love of horror films and hatred of sport, Doe have been hard at work cranking out their own infectious brand of emotive, harmony-laden, punk-tinged indie rock to as many people as they can get to listen.
Drawing influences from such 90s stalwarts as Sleater-Kinney, Weezer, Helium and Breeders, the London-based trio have spent the last 3 years furiously honing their live craft and releasing a string of EPs and singles. With later releases on labels including Fierce
Panda and Alcopop! Records, their earlier self-released recordings were eventually compiled and re-released as the First Four LP in late 2014, marking the beginning of Doe's relationship with Exeter-based punk label Specialist Subject Records and US indie rock imprint Old
Flame Records.
After a lineup change and the addition of Dean
Smitten (guitar) in
September last year, Doe finally got to work writing material with an album in mind. In March, armed with 10 new songs and bags full of snacks, they ventured to Greenmount Studios in Leeds with producer Matthew Johnson (Hookworms/Suburban Home). The result of that intense 5-day pizza-fueled recording session is the band�s first full-length: Some Things Last Longer than You.
Having recorded the majority of their previous output themselves and now with 35 minutes to play with, the album marks a recognisable sonic progression for Doe. However, Some Things� still comprises all the elements with which current listeners will be familiar. Dueling girl-boy vocals sit atop crunchy intertwining guitars and thundering drums, lyrical themes dart from scathing and contemptuous (�Monopoly�, �Sincere�) to thoughtful and introspective (�Anywhere�, �Before Her�) and despite the occasional whinge from frustrated bassists, Doe continue to prove with this album that they are perfectly fine without one.
Some Things Last Longer than You will be available
September 9th via Old
Flame Records (USA) / Specialist Subject Records (UK/Europe) on LP, CD, cassette and digital download.
Tracklist:
1) No. 1
2) Monopoly
3) Sincere
4) Turn Around
5) Respite
6) Anywhere
7) Last Ditch
8) Before Her
9) Corin
10) Something to Tell You
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