by Dan Goldin (@post_trash_)
Since we last shared a new Dog Park single from January’s Scotty LP, the band have started a new Bandcamp page (dogpark2 to go along with dogpark1) and have since released another EP and a stand-alone single. Now the Portland, Maine based trio is set to release their third EP of this year, Irma +2 Songs, due out April 10th via Dollhouse Lightning and Are You Kidding Me? Tapes. Set for release on various formats, the lead single, “Irma,” is short and sweet, a lo-fi post-punk track that sounds nasty and immediate.
With shattering cymbal crashes and a noisy din, the fifty second track is takes rawness to heart, with a recorded din and sonic pallet that most would never attempt, but then again, most are not Dog Park. Unafraid to release their material warts and all, “Irma” feels instantanious; realized, written, and recorded in one foul swoop.