{"id":40418,"date":"2024-05-02T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=40418"},"modified":"2024-04-30T21:03:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T01:03:17","slug":"dog-park-releases-their-debut-album-festina-lente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=40418","title":{"rendered":"Dog Park releases their  debut album \u2018Festina Lente\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dog Park is a dream pop band based in Paris, France. The band has just released their debut album titled \u2018Festina Lente\u2019 via Geographie. You can listen and buy it <a href=\"https:\/\/geographie.bandcamp.com\/album\/festina-lente\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">here<\/a>.  You can watch the music video for <em>Time<\/em> via YouTube below. Sometimes, it takes a series of coincidences for four individuals to meet and become a band. Erica is American, Isabella is Brazilian, and Sarah and Jean are from Paris. After they first met at a concert in Paris in 2021 between lockdowns, they quickly began creating and composing together.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E8OttdsO0qE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Because they are all multi-instrumentalists and embrace spontaneity, they naturally play musical chairs as part of their composition process. This is what makes their quartet unique: instruments and microphones change hands from one track to the next.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A particularly surprising and impressive dance to observe during their live performance. Despite having released only two singles in the fall of 2022 and spring of 2023, Dog Park has secured stages such as La Boule Noire or the Auditorium of the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, as well as several summer festivals across France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because roles change, there&#8217;s no leader or designated composer in the band. Each member contributes with fragments of songs that are then worked on together. This is apparent on their debut album, \u2018Festina Lente,\u2019 consisting of ten tracks with diverse styles and moods. Erica&#8217;s vocals, with her distinct voice, are inclined towards twee or dream pop, often accompanied by an energetic beat. Sarah&#8217;s deep tone, flirting with grunge, harmonizes with the darker tracks. Isabella&#8217;s jazz-infused moments brings a sense of calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean&#8217;s unique guitar and jangly playing style reveal Dog Park&#8217;s primary influences &#8211; Real Estate, Kacey Johansing and the early 2010s Captured Tracks releases, including Veronica Falls and Beach Fossils. These bands are inescapable formations in the indie pop scene, and with them, Dog Park shares irresistible melodies, deliberately lo-fi sonic aesthetics, and a profound sense of melancholy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Dog Park is a dream pop band based in Paris, France. The band has just released their debut album titled \u2018Festina Lente\u2019 via Geographie. You <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=40418\" title=\"Dog Park releases their  debut album \u2018Festina Lente\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[22,23,28,29,30,1907],"tags":[11705,395,11704],"class_list":["post-40418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","category-news","tag-dog-park","tag-dream-pop","tag-festina-lente"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/310D25A0-A9B3-4C0E-8707-6E18FE7CA7CE.jpeg?fit=1500%2C1005&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-avU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43465,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=43465","url_meta":{"origin":40418,"position":0},"title":"Meet SCH\u00d8\u00d8L: Your new favourite shoegaze dream team announces debut album","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"July 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Get ready\u2014SCH\u00d8\u00d8L\u00a0is releasing their debut album\u00a0\u2018I think my life has been OK\u2019 on\u00a0September 5\u00a0through\u00a0G\u00e9ographie\u00a0(the label behind Marble Arch, Bad Pelicans, Dog Park, Good Morning TV, and other underground gems). 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