"we all belong" by dr. dog

they tell us of the days when the beatles and the beach boys put out records one after the other, each outfit trying to out-studio the other, and they say they were the magic days of rock-n-roll. all the meanwhile, john, paul, george, ringo, and brian wilson kept a keen eye on how bob dylan's backups were collaborating, and it caused them to engage in envy. now, there is a group of musicians in philadelphia, with a great record collection, adding their response to the rock-n-roll lexicon. dr. dog's latest record "we all belong" hearkens back to the beatles, the beach boys, and the band, without loosing sense of the times they live in. they employ live sounding production qualities, with meticulous and spot on restraint. the result is a calculated grouping of songs that sound organic and free without meandering off coarse. dr. dog proves that there is a place for the indie-rock aesthetic in our influences, and they lead us to believe that as long as there is still rock-n-roll, there are still "magic days."

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