Dr. Dog Return with New 'B-Room' Album

BY Alex HudsonPublished Jul 22, 2013

Dr. Dog have been powering on for well over a decade now, and the Pennsylvania indie rock band will keep the new music coming this year via an album for Anti-. Their third album for the label — and their eighth overall — is called B-Room, which will arrive October 1.

The album was recorded in the band's new self-built studio, located within a converted silversmith mill. According to a press release, the result "is the culmination of a complete overhaul of the band's writing and recording process."

The album contains 12 soul-flavoured tracks. Singer-lead guitarist Scott McMicken explained in a statement, "The hallmark of soul music for me is that the arrangements are simple rather than virtuosic, and that the sound creates a feeling that is intuitive rather than intellectual."

For a taste of this, check out a lyric video for the slow-moving, softly reflective soul-pop number "The Truth," which is said to be inspired by Gamble & Huff. Scroll past the tracklist to check it out.

Also below, see the band's fall tour schedule with the Lumineers.

Tour dates:

7/27 Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center (XPoNential Festival)
8/1 Indianapolis, IN - The Rathskeller
8/09 Bangor, ME - KahBang
8/10 Devens, MA - The Nines Festival
8/11 Turin, NY - Moe.Down
8/24 Monterey, CA - First City Festival (Monterey County Fair and Event Center)
8/31 Kalamazoo, MI - Audiotree Music Festival
9/15 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks *

9/17 Magna, UT - Great Salt Ampitheater *
9/19 Burnaby, BC - Deer Lake Park *

9/20 Redmond, WA - King County's Marymoor Park *

9/21 Redmond, WA - King County's Marymoor Park *

9/22 Portland, OR - Rose Qrter Memorial Coliseum *

9/25 San Francisco, CA - America's Cup Pavilion *

9/26 Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl *

9/27 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre *

9/28 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre *

10/1 Phoenix, AZ - Comerica Theatre *

10/3 Oklahoma City, OK - Downtown Airpark *

10/4 St. Louis, MO - Chaifetz Arena *

10/8 Memphis, TN - Mud Island Amphitheatre *

10/9 Tuscaloosa, AL - Tuscaloosa Amphitheater *

10/11 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade *

10/12 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium *

10/13 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium *

10/14 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium *

10/16 New Orleans, LA - UNO Lakefront Arena *

10/18 St. Augustine, FL - St. Augustine Amp *

10/19 Tampa, FL - USF Sun Dome *

10/20 Boca Raton, FL - Sunset Cove Amphitheater *

* with the Lumineers

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