Bryce August of Belonging on “The Dog”: “Bukowski called love A Dog From Hell. Yeats wrote that the mythic Irish hero Cú Chulainn, or the Hound of Ulster, ‘fought with the invulnerable tide.’ All three of the songs on this split were written around what happens when all-consuming emotion – passion, obsession, despair – runs into something protean, elemental and immovable like the sea. ‘The Dog’ in particular is about love, loss and how we go on living, keeping our promises to the dead.”
Formed from the DIY scenes of the Upper Midwest and later merging with the heavier, experimental currents of the Pacific Northwest, Belonging craft a sound that blends punk and screamo urgency with hypnotic sludge, psych, and grunge textures. Their side of The Dog hones emotional volatility into a tightly interlocked suite of songs, moving with heavy momentum…
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