Bite by A Giant Dog
The moment the needle drops on Bite, one’s conception of what an A Giant Dog record sounds like bends like space and time around a starship running at lightspeed.
The biggest point of departure is that Bite is a concept album, concerning characters who find themselves moving in and out of a virtual reality called Avalonia. You’re thrown into it quickly, as a calm, robotic voice says, “Welcome to Avalonia, happiness awaits inside” over a crushing synth line that segues into an opulent string arrangement.
The songs on Bite are full of bombast, at turns calling to mind the spacefaring operatic rock of Electric Light Orchestra and the high drama of an Ennio Morricone film score. The album’s narrative sweep is epic in scope, its characters facing impossible odds and certain doom, existing as comfortably with the sci-fi grandiosity of Thin Lizzy’s Jailbreak as it does with the high fantasy of Dio and Iron Maiden.
Tracklist
| 1. | Welcome to Avalonia | 4:46 |
| 2. | Happiness Awaits Inside | 3:16 |
| 3. | I Believe | 3:22 |
| 4. | In Destiny | 2:45 |
| 5. | Different Than | 4:10 |
| 6. | A Daydream | 5:07 |
| 7. | Watch Me Sleeping | 3:09 |
| 8. | Watch it Burn | 4:43 |
| 9. | In Rainbows | 3:53 |
Credits
Backing Vocals: Maxime Dobosz, Océane Rémy, Emilia Richman, Geena Spigarelli
Strings: Liz À la Ligne, Abraham Quivooij, Graham Low
Keys, Knobs: Shaun Dickerson
Guitar solo on “Different Than”: STW
String arrangements by Brent Baldwin
A GIANT DOG:
Andy Bauer – Guitar
Andrew Cashen – Guitar, Keys, Vox
Daniel Blanchard – Drums, Percussion, Vox, One Guitar Note
Graham Low – Bass
Sabrina Ellis – Vox, Keys
All songs by A Giant Dog
Recorded at LA CUVE STUDIO, Angers (FR)
Engineered by ELLIOT ASCHARD & STW
Mixed by John Congleton
Mastered by Dan Coutant, Sunroom Audio
Produced by A Giant Dog
Acknowledgments: Cher Angers, nous sommes désolés.
License
All rights reserved.
A Giant Dog is raucous ear candy culled from the hook-driven melodies of Slade, the glammy swagger of Marc Bolan, the morbid fantasy of Killer-era Alice Cooper, and the unpredictable wit of Sparks. These songs are by, for, and about the losers, freaks, and outcasts. The lonely. The terminally horny. Boozehounds and party animals.