Dot Kill Dot started life as a collection of 11 songs written by Neil and recorded onto a Dictaphone—just vocals and acoustic guitar. In 2012 Neil and Doug spent most of the year rehearsing, arranging, rearranging and recording these songs. Matt joined toward the end of this process just in time to add some new bass and backing vocals. Musically, the album is stirringly melodic in the best tradition of Elliott Smith, later Beatles, Big Star (etc.), and as lithe and inventive as an offspring of Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica and Electric Warrior by T. Rex, that grew up listening to The Fall. Carlill’s most intricate guitar work to date, and Allen’s versatile, ingenious drumming form the musical core. Neil and Doug’s arrangements are stripped down to the naked essentials, with White bestowing subtle, sweet vocal harmonies. Production on the record, by Berlin-based producer Jayrope , was kept deliberately raw and unobtrusive, leaving room for the trio’s kaleidoscopic cadences and ever-transforming rhythms. Tracks like the flamenco-hued “Hysteria,” and the arresting “It’s a Ritual,” which snakes fluently through the abrupt yet graceful hairpin turns that epitomize Carlill’s song structures, highlight the band’s intelligent interpretation of alternative pop/art-rock. Dot Kill Dot will be released on August 18th 2014 50% of each “DOT KILL DOT” sale will be donated to Cape Ann Wildlife, Inc. ( http://www.CAWinc.org/) Dot Kill Dot is dedicated to the memory of Jamal River (King To