Dagwood Are “Worse For The Wear” On New EP

Dagwood are a hidden gem from Connecticut, their vast body of work is a meandering chronicle of clumsy and surreal suburban malaise energized by powerpop infused melodies and a ‘Raw Power’ rhythm section. From the amplifier melting party punk of Do it Again, to the moody, Moog laden The End, through the anthemic powerpop of On The Phone and the fuzzed out slacker rock of I Am A Loser. The close-knit group of longtime collaborators can most often be found holed up in their DIY studio/rehearsal space chasing the perfect song, emerging only to film surrealist public access television episodes and sneak their way onto documentary film festival lineups.

Dagwood‘s latest release, the three song Worse For The Wear EP was recorded in the suburban backwater of Cheshire, Connecticut in the spirit of that town’s mystical, Lynchian qualities as a zone of American punk and DIY, being the birthplace of Legs McNeil and John Holmstrom of PUNK Magazine. The anthemically pessimistic leading track Worse For The Wear meditates on life, work, class and the spirit of rock and roll. The song showcases the group’s high-punk-literacy with a poppy synthesis of punk, post hardcore and alternative rock with the rest of the release collecting Dagwood‘s recent singles: the beach-ready scifi bubblegum-punk romp, Sheep On Mars, and the brooding fuzzed out power-pop gem I Am A Loser.