'Generation Y', the second single from Guide Dog’s second album of the same name, comes at a time when children are bunking off school to protest outside Parliament about Westminster’s flimsy and inadequate response to climate change - prompting a swift and aggressive backlash by the politicians who dismissed the adolescents and ridiculed their irresponsibility; and the American president staging an imaginary state of emergency in a vein attempt to bludgeon Capitol Hill into funding a giant border wall whilst triumphantly filling his house with branded cheeseburgers to feed his unpaid staff and denying climate change is even happening... so it’s probably an appropriate juncture for a protest song! The second album is being released on 15th March entitled ‘Generation Y’. It is accompanied by a book of poems entitled ‘Thou Shalt Stare Into Space’. Guide Dog is the brainchild of Peter Roberts (People In Planes/Cold Specks), he is also writing new music with London singer ARLO (see their acclaimed co-write ‘Safe’) and Ladan Hussein, Cold Specks (MUTE). In 2017 Peter released his debut Guide Dog album entitled ‘Lovely Domestic Bliss’ on 12 inch vinyl, which was described as: “Filth Pop of Dinosaur Junior levels of inordinate aceness” - Adam Walton, BBC Guide Dog are Peter Roberts (vocals/ guitar), John Maloney (drums) and Ian Russell (bass). Pete and John met in school and were 2/4 of Robot's In The Sky, which first put out a red double A-Side 7" in 1999 on the Cardiff Council funded label Complete Control. Following that they put out their first LP as Tetra Splendour on EMI. Ian Russell then joined during a period as a five- piece called People In Planes, signed to Wind Up Records in New York. Following the aborted 3rd record on Wind Up - which was being recorded in Real World Studios, Bath - Pete moved to London and helped form the first incarnation of Cold Specks (MUTE RECORDS) which was the brainchild of Ladan Hussein and producer Jim Anderson. During his time making and touring the first two albums with Cold Specks, the initial electronic incarnations of what would become Guide Dog were spawned. Debut album 'Lovely Domestic Bliss' was produced by long term collaborator Dan Austin(140db), and was recorded in three days in Rockfield Studio, Wales, is out now on Pete's own label Hi-Vis Records (digitally everywhere) and on 12" Vinyl via Bandcamp.
Guide Dog Links
Website: www.iamtheguidedog.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamtheguidedog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamtheguidedog Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/iamtheguidedog/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/iamtheguidedog
Comments