{"id":30774,"date":"2024-12-18T11:17:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T11:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/?p=30774"},"modified":"2024-12-18T11:17:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T11:17:49","slug":"single-review-dogs-dont-deal-the-animalss-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/single-review-dogs-dont-deal-the-animalss-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Single review – Dogs Don’t Deal, The Animals’s Back"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reviewed by\u00a0Phil Taylor<\/a>\u00a0(see his Music Observer blog\u00a0here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Release date 29\/11\/24<\/p>\n

Dogs Don\u2019t Deal<\/a> are back after three years\u2019 silence. The brilliantly-named band is a project involving singer-songwriter and local music scene stalwart Michael Vickers (here, \u201cMikey V\u201d) along with Sheffield-based producer Cobbler.<\/p>\n

They were last heard producing laid-back, lo-fi beats and were gathering some very positive recognition, including radio plays on 6Music and BBC Introducing. After a spell of time away to pursue other projects and life events, they\u2019ve returned with a new sound.<\/p>\n

The pair\u00a0is clearly made to work together. Their new track,\u00a0The Animal\u2019s Back,<\/em> apparently began with a beat Cobbler thought up, which triggered inspiration in Michael. He added lyrics reflecting a well-imagined alter ego and other musical touches, the result being an anthemic and slightly rowdy slice of guitar-driven, beat-rich alt-rock<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The track is built around a growly (and very catchy) guitar riff, along with that pushy beat, and overlaid with Mikey V\u2019s declamatory vocals; it\u2019s all East Midlands twang, honest stories and a great piece of character painting.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also a great section in the middle of the track where Michael\u2019s vocals veer almost to rap, the rapid-fire words pouring out relentlessly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe word on the street is that he\u2019s back on the map\u201d is one of the chorus hooks that pulls the song along irresistibly; also hinting at the return of Dog\u2019s Don\u2019t Deal – a much more welcome return than The Animal\u2019s!<\/p>\n

The homemade video which goes with the song shows the pair at their jovial best, prancing on a hillside, while casually pushing out a banger of a song. This combination of a fun attitude and serious musicality is really engaging. Beautiful honesty is what has always set apart Michael\u2019s projects, and this one is no different.<\/p>\n

The duo say they have an album \u201cready to go\u201d, so we can probably expect more teasers for that long-player over the next weeks before Old Dogs, New Tricks<\/em> is released in 2025.<\/p>\n

Be sure to follow Dogs Don\u2019t Deal on Instagram<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch the official video for Animal’s Back<\/em> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe word on the street is that he\u2019s back on the map\u201d is one of the chorus hooks that pulls the song along irresistibly;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":30775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[339,217],"tags":[205,291],"class_list":["post-30774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-339","category-recorded_music_reviews","tag-indie-music","tag-rap-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Dogs-dont-deal.jpg?fit=1800%2C907&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73uhX-80m","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3664,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/skam-at-the-o2\/","url_meta":{"origin":30774,"position":0},"title":"Skam at the O2","author":"Trevor Locke","date":"02\/03\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Review of Leicester band Skam at O2 Academy","rel":"","context":"In "2014"","block_context":{"text":"2014","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/Music\/history-of-leicester-music\/articles-from-2014\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/skam-featured-image1.jpg?fit=640%2C471&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/skam-featured-image1.jpg?fit=640%2C471&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/skam-featured-image1.jpg?fit=640%2C471&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18664,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/review-second-sons-at-the-soundhouse-friday-3rd-may-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":30774,"position":1},"title":"Review – Second Sons at The Soundhouse, Friday 3rd May 2019","author":"Kevin Gaughan","date":"07\/05\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"with Alba Rosa and The Midnight Dogs Tonight's show was organised by Casbah Music Management and Promotions. 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