Release Date: July 15th 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD
BirdDog - Tracklisting
1.Out Of The City
2.Medicine
3.Lone Survivor
4.Feel Like A Bug
5.Nervosis
6.Know Who You Are
Members
Guitars: Ray Dickman
Bass: Eric Dickman
Drums: Andrew Barr
Vocals: Diamond Neal
Review
Desert/Stoner Rockers Birddog debut EP is a collection of classic sounding grooves with a gritty undertone which also has a slight Punk Rock edge. With stripped back production values allowing the band to form a Garage Rock edge with the music being inspired by the likes of KYUSS and FU MANCHU. The songs have quite an aggressive dynamic which comes across in the FUZZ ROCK melodies which work surprisingly well with the Punk Rock based vocals from Diamond Neal.
The songs are mostly fast-paced and stay true to the tried and tested Stoner Rock/Metal route with outbursts of Heavy Metal sounds building a winning sense of momentum for BirdDog to impress listeners especially on the first half of the EP tracks such as Out Of The City, Medicine and Lone Survivor. Third track Lone Survivor adapts a classic “METALLICA” stance with its classic sounding THRASH METAL energy that BirdDog adds into the Stoner Rock/Metal mix. It’s one of the heaviest and seediest tracks on the EP with BirdDog not afraid into heavier areas of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal.
The EP does have a sense of Street Level attitude within the lyrics with brief glimpses of Proto-Metal which harks back to the days of Saint Vitus on Feel Like A Bug and Nervosis. These are the heaviest and gloomiest tracks on the whole EP which allows BirdDog to inject a fresh ROCK/METAL perspective into their music. The instrumental sounds provided by Ray Dickman (Guitars), Eric Dickman (Bass) and Andrew Barr (Drums) are excellent which have a different sound to Diamond Neal’s raw aggressive vocals but they all work superbly well together.
The whole record is superbly entertaining and the twenty two minutes runtime is the perfect length for BirdDog to impress and entice listeners with. Give this one a listen and immerse yourself with an EP that is packed full of great songs to ultimately lose yourself in.
Words by Steve Howe
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