Artist: Dosser’s Urge
Album: Dosser’s Urge
Label: Independent
Release Date: 7th March, 2013
I guess the month of May is cursed as the “3-piece band album review” month for me. This must be the 5th 3-piece band I have reviewed this month (and I have another album in stock 😛 ). Hailing from the mystical hills of Shillong, Dosser’s Urge started when two brothers – David and Gideon started jamming after being introduced to the likes of Green Day and Blink 182. Later joined in by Walo on the Bass, the band would go on to perform in various cultural shows and gigs later on. Just about two years into their existence, Dosser’s Urge are out with their self-titled debut EP. Consisting of 5 pretty well composed songs, this 3-piece band from Shillong are surely the next generation of Indian Rock.
Dosser’s Urge are:
David Kom – Guitars/Vocals
Gideon Kom – Drums/Vocals
Walo Kronu – Bass/Vocals
The band has an amazing energy in their tracks, which gets transferred to the listener with each passing second. Fun to listen and simple is how one can aptly describe their EP. The influence from Green Day shows in songs like You’re Broke Again, Game Over and Tick Tick She’s Never Coming Back. Each of these three tracks are different, each have this nice melody and punk sound and each have very simple lyrics. I loved David’s guitar tone in the songs; a distortion sound that is meant to sound melodic, really hard to describe it. But on the downside, the tracks do sound monotonous at times. One tends to lose interest halfway, but then starts the next song and you’re hooked again. The versatility shown in the compositions of each song is commendable. None of the tracks are identical to each other and they have a nice groove going along.
Though I wouldn’t say I have any particular complains about the songs, but there are a couple of things that did bother me. Stale Style and Tick Tick She’s Never Coming Back needed a little more variation towards the end, it felt monotonous. Tick Tick She’s Never Coming Back has a very nice melody though. Another thing would be the clean guitar-ish part in Something To Tell You. Around 2:10 into the song comes a beautiful stretch of pure bliss. I felt it could have been extended a little and maybe some vocals could be added on that part too. Production quality of the album is pretty good though. I am more than satisfied with it. A really good effort by Dosser’s Urge, looking forward to hear more from them.
