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Dogheart formed in early 2014 when Oregon natives Matt Jenkins (guitar, vocals), Cameron Hering (drums), and Gray Hildreth (bass), began writing music together in a tight, crowded, and dark practice space where they spent many long hours honing in on their new sound and coming up with their new name for the band. The band decided on the name Dogheart, which Matt Jenkins thought of years back, the name suggesting that man can be a selfish creature, or a loving being. This name perhaps influenced by those that the group met along the way. All members originally hailed from different projects, and wanted to create something fun and exciting without any borders, or restrictions. The band all dabbled with other projects, as well as incomplete projects, in the past and were eager to create something that they were all proud of and move forward with it.
Drawing influences from bands like Diamond Rugs, Guided by Voices, Neva Dinova, the Clash, Real Estate, and local influences like The Exploding Hearts, and Stephen Malkmus, they entered the Secret Society Recording Studio in the summer of 2014 with local engineer and producer, Jeff Bond. The album, What Burn the Best, was tracked and recorded over five days, and is due out February 17th, 2015.
Over the recording process over 40 songs were written, and the 10 best were chosen. What Burns the Best came out to be a balanced, 30-minute glimpse into stripped down rock ‘n’ roll that you can follow along with, and shake your bowl cut to. Willamette Week described their sound as “not polished enough enough to be pop, but not quite rough enough around the edges to be garage rock.” They have taken their new music and played it locally, and around the Northwest to positive reception. Dogheart will be playing as much as possible in 2015 in order to broaden their audience, and continue to write and record more music.
“Dogheart is a new band on the scene who runs with knockabout bands like The Shivas and Mister Tang, but takes a more polished and subdued approach to the Portland-garage sound.” – The Deli Portland
DATES
03.14.2015 – Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar (Album Release Party)
LINKS
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/dogheartband
Website – http://www.dogheartband.com/
Twitter – https://twitter.com/dogheartband
Bandcamp – http://dogheartband.bandcamp.com/
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