Sunday, September 15, 2024

The Dogmatics - "Library Girl"


Well here was a really nice surprise: a new single from one of my favorite bands of all-time that appeared on Rum Bar Records' Bandcamp the other day without my prior knowledge! "Library Girl" is The Dogmatics' first new music in nearly a year. If it hadn't been for the Infinite Jest reference, I might have thought this track was recorded in the '80s! It's 100% vintage Dogmatics and vintage Jerry Lehane — a mid-tempo punk-pop banger straight out of the Boston garage rock textbook. A song exploring one of the most timeless fantasies in the history of the male psyche is something you'd definitely expect from The Dogmatics, and "Library Girl" does not disappoint. It's definitely a song made for repeat spins. And some of those lyrics made me laugh out loud! More new music from The Dogmatics (perhaps even a full-length album!) is coming in 2025. Those of you who are big Dogmatics fans will also be stoked about Rum Bar releasing an album from Hotbox (Jerry Lehane's early '90s band with Pete Mulford from Last Stand) next month. Stay tuned! 

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