Go! Dog! Go! - Glad to be Unhappy

There is little to be found when searching around on the good old internet for the band Go! Dog! Go! and their one and only album Glad to be Unhappy. The album, which was released in 1997 through the Risk Records label, is one of those cheap used section shot in the dark buys that just happened to pay off. Judging by the lack of press or really anything about the band in general probably means that it wasn’t necessarily funded or backed heavily. It’s unfortunate too because Glad to be Unhappy really does have something going for it. Along with channeling the likes of Drive Like Jehu (no shocker here that Mark Trombino produced this album) and Fugazi, the band also enlisted a saxophone player. It certainly adds a different element to what would seemingly be another typical post-hardcore band with odd time signatures and all that. It would have been interesting to see where Go! Dog! Go! could have gone with it, but sadly this all we have aside from a couple more 7 inch singles floating around somewhere. I will admit, the sax doesn’t always necessarily fit within what the band was trying to do, however more often than not it proves to be an interesting and rewarding listen. It especially works well when the band simply pairs up the guitar and sax in a sort of effort to out duel each other. The odd but somewhat interesting lounge-esque intros and breakdowns definitely give the album an added and unforeseen twist as well. Glad to be Unhappy is definitely worth checking out, especially for as little as you’ll have to pay for it these days online. It’s hard to go wrong with that.

Go! Dog! Go! – Engine [MP3]
Go! Dog! Go! – Platter [MP3]

For anyone wishing to pick up Glad to Be Unhappy, it can still be had through Amazon used. Definitely pick it up if you like what you hear! Enjoy.