Review: Dogme 95 - Arcadian Hymns (or) hey dog me dog you dog everyone

Posted on 25 August 2006 | 1 Comment

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Folk, Indie Rock

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I’m finally getting around to posting something from Dogme 95. Dogme 95 is the creation of Chicago’s Nick Wright and his music is past being eclectic. I almost don’t know where to begin describing the songs from his full-length Arcadian Hymns. But I will…

The lo-fi songs are obviously the creation of a forward-thinking 4-track mind, but that’s not a dis. Combining guitars, multi-tracked vocals, drum machines, Casio keyboards, and organic percussion, the music somewhat reminds me of Sentridoh and early Beck stuff. Great bedroom indie that occasionally bumps and mixes old-timey folk music and blues with that newfangled electro-pop in a charming manner. Heck at times, the more percussive stuff is very TVOTR-esque.

Dogme 95’s Arcadian Hymns is out now on Chicago’s excellent Mission Label and was called one of the top 5 local Chicago albums of 2005 by UR Magazine. Mission Label also sports releases from Ashburne Glen and an outstanding compilation called Demons and Rare Meat that features tracks from Dogme 95, Okkervil River, Tunde Adebimpe of TVOTR, The Octopus Project, and more. Go get these awesome records will you?

MP3 | Dogme 95 – Calm And Tame Arcadian Hymns
MP3 | Dogme 95 – Kingdom/Garden Arcadian Hymns