NEWS RELEASE: Los Doggies Releases Free Mix Tape Inspired by Friends and Family
NEW PALTZ, NY (May 8th, 2015) – Los Doggies releases “Delano Park,” a mix tape of new songs written for friends and family. Each of the five songs is dedicated to a specific person intimately connected to the band as reward for a successful Kickstarter campaign.
Drummer Evan Stormo says he prefers the short form of a mix tape, calling it a “rocking, yet easy one-sit listen of Side A songs concerned with homesickness.” Mr. Stormo further stresses it is “something the whole family can enjoy, no matter how dysfunctional.”
“Delano Park” opens with the faux Ben-Folds swinger, “Why Am I So Fat?” followed by the sultry Halloween classic “Scary Love”, giving way to the Beatles-esque title track, then treading old ground in the meta-musical “For Elyse” with hat tip to John Lovitz, and finally closing on the Frenchified dancehall ballad “The Long Island Sea.”
“Delano Park” is available for free download at Bandcamp.
About Los Doggies
The Stormo brothers formed Los Doggies in the late ‘90s while writing jingles for their answering machine. In the early ’00s, they adopted a bassist named subPixel. They now make music as a trio in the mountain valley town of New Paltz, New York.
Contact
Tim Hanks, Media Relations
timhanks@losdoggies.com
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