{"id":26410,"date":"2017-03-23T11:05:17","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T11:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=26410"},"modified":"2017-03-23T11:05:17","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T11:05:17","slug":"anxiety-bad-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/03\/anxiety-bad-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Anxiety’ – Bad Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘Anxiety’ is an eleven track alt hip hop album from duo BAD DOG, released late last year. <\/strong><\/h4>\n

Comprising rapper DURSO the PILGRIM and producer old eskimo, the Philadelphia pair challenge traditional ideas of hip hop, fusing together, in their words,<\/p>\n

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“Philadelphia alleyway drunken hobo rantings, and the gutters and sludge of depression, anxiety, cocaine addiction, and alcoholism, paired perfectly together with light humor, and some heart.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Their music is experimental in flavour, while retaining the poetic flow of rap. ‘Eels’, featuring Phenomenon), is underpinned by a strong garage bass beat; while ‘Heightened’, which follows, contains jazz elements.<\/p>\n

The album, in its entirety, is unusual and yet at the same time compelling. No two songs are alike: as an experimental album alone, it would be intriguing, but with the addition of rap lyrics it becomes a work of performance art. ‘Unusual’ feels like an ode to depression, and definitely fits the title of the album, ‘Anxiety’.<\/p>\n

You can find ‘Anxiety’ on Bad Dog’s Bandcamp<\/a>\u00a0and SoundCloud<\/a> accounts. old eskimo is on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch the official video for title track ‘Anxiety’:<\/p>\n

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