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DOGGOD

by L.A. WITCH
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Jim the Gardener
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Jim the Gardener This album is, just amazing to listen to from start to finish. Thank you! Favorite track: 777.
Not Me
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Not Me I was so excited to see you at Ancienne Belgique in the winter of 2018...

I'll be seeing you again in Antwerp this fall...

Your LPs, including DOGGOD, are part of my little vinyl collection...

I adore you... you and your music.

Excellent LP.
erictheomnipot
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erictheomnipot I've loved you guys since watching you on kexp years ago. you came to kansas city some years back and love seeing you guys live. I bought this tape to play on my radio show ❤️. I hunt you pray and the lines are my fav tracks
MariusFernand dit Titi
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MariusFernand dit Titi Because i love dogs..
If there is a god, it's a goddess and probably a wolf...
Henrik Sundqvist
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Henrik Sundqvist Dark and atmospheric. Great. Favorite track: I Hunt You Prey.
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1.
Icicle 03:09
Icicle Won’t you cleanse my soul You’re sharp and cold Purity, come make me bleed I saw the light Exposing me What I didn’t want The world to see All the shadows I always knew follow me All the shadows I didn’t want you to see The dream no longer real When it all came true I needed you To see this through Icicle Be the mirror to my soul Water drops across my chest Don’t freeze yet and see this through Reveal the shadows I always knew follow me All the shadows God, I wish you couldn’t see
2.
Kiss Me Deep 03:03
You kiss Me deep Out of my black sleep Our secrets run deep Like king and queen We must have been kin Dreamt all the same dreams Felt the pull of all your strings I listen for the shimmery chimes of your chains There is no end to the sound We are bound One more - round You kiss Me deep Out of my black sleep Dark secrets we keep Leap into your shadows Leap into the gallows It leads to the light It leads to what’s right I listen for the shimmery chimes of your chains There is no end to the sound We are bound One more - round You loved me like a precious doll You licked me like a hungry dog I was your lover in every life I’m not alone or afraid to die
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777 02:48
Wounded warrior Forlorn soldier Wounded warrior Forlorn soldier It’s good to see you Fighting for what you believe It’s good to see you Fighting for what you believe Hold on to your bloodlust mind Does glory lead to our demise? Hold on to your bloodlust mind Does glory lead us to our demise? Don’t forget I too fight by your side First in line always ready to die Don’t forget I too fight by your side First in line I am ready to die
4.
I’ve been driving In your direction Deserted From your affections Yellow stripes Dotted lines Before my hungry Tired eyes Smell of blood You’ve left behind Scent so Intertwined Memories Become so real They’re vivid frames That I could feel I hunt you pray I hunt you pray I hunt you pray I am a ruin And I am ready To collapse On you - with you The darkness In your eyes Goes on forever Goes on forever I hunt you pray I hunt you pray I hunt you pray
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Eyes of Love 03:48
I’m looking at you with the eyes of love I’m looking at you with the eyes of love there is a shine, let it shine A reflection where there is no time Pricked my heart on a thistle flower Reds and blues hard to devour A crown of thorns heavy in armor Deconsecrate your beauty and power Every step I take, I chance a hidden mine I’ll either strike gold or I’ll blow my mind Heaven is in your eyes I see A revelation of what could be I’m looking at you with the eyes of love I’m looking at you with the eyes of love there is a shine, let it shine A reflection where there is no time Pricked my heart on a thistle flower Reds and blues hard to devour A crown of thorns heavy in armor Deconsecrate your beauty and power Every step I take, I chance a hidden mine I’ll either strike gold or I’ll blow my mind Heaven is in your eyes I see A revelation of what could be
6.
The Lines 03:12
You think you have To trace the lines Think there’s a path That leads your life You have no shame Telling your lies You even trick Your own mind You float along Your book of time You do what’s best For your mind You shoot the stars They’re not aligned The way you hoped You trace the lines You float along Your book of time You do what’s best For your mind You shoot the stars They’re not aligned The way you hoped You trace the lines
7.
Lost at Sea 03:23
I never felt seen Until the day you looked at me I never thought a gaze could haunt me Without you I Feel lost at sea I hear the sirens sing Songs of deity still get passed by I watched the clouds creep Curse my conscience with a sail Without you I Feel lost at sea I’ve hid lifetimes in my mind Then like a ship sailing closer to me The slow unveiling the true colors of your flag And now I see that I’m free lost at sea
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DOGGOD 03:15
You like me best when I’m in distress Feel I can not do my best Want me to be down at your feet? I beg and cry for my relief DOGGOD, DOGGOD I am a full-grown dog You can’t teach me new tricks I am a full-grown dog DOGGOD, DOGGOD Play with primitive impulses Satisfy what you indulge in Hang me on a leash Till I wait for my release DOGGOD, DOGGOD You like me best when I’m in distress Feel I cannot do my best Want me to be down at your feet? I beg and cry for my relief
9.
SOS 02:52
I’ll meet you on the surface Where it’s not that deep blue I’ve been holding my breath There’s so much that I can’t do There’s so much I wanna say But I haven’t found the right way Hangin’ on the iceberg Yea, I know it’s hard to be heard I’ll meet you on the surface Where it’s not that deep blue I’ve been waiting so long There’s so much that I can’t do There’s so much I wanna say But I haven’t found the right way Hangin’ on the iceberg Yea, I know it’s hard to be heard Meet me on the surface SOS I am feeling Your distress MAYDAY, MAYDAY I’m here to stay Deliverance Is on its way I’ll meet you on the surface Where it’s not that deep blue I’ve been waiting so long There’s so much that I can’t do There’s so much I wanna say But I haven’t found the right way Hangin on the iceberg Yea, I know it’s hard to be heard Meet me on the surface SOS I am feeling Your distress MAYDAY, MAYDAY I’m here to stay Deliverance Is on its way Meet me on the surface SOS I am feeling Your distress MAYDAY, MAYDAY I’m here to stay Deliverance Is on its way

about

L.A. Witch have always exuded an aura of effortless cool, whether it manifested as the Americana noir and laconic back-to-basics rock n’ roll of their self-titled debut or the blistering austere adventurism of their sophomore album Play With Fire. The band—comprised of Sade Sanchez (guitar/vocals), Irita Pai (bass), and Ellie English (drums)—began as an informal affair, but the sultry and beguiling reverb-draped songs they created caught on with the public, moving the project beyond the insular space of the band’s friends and peers in Southern California into the broader world. On their latest album, DOGGOD, the trio push their craft beyond their previous creative and geographical confines, opting to craft the material in Paris, recording the tracks at Motorbass Studio on the Rue de Martyrs. DOGGOD explores broader swaths of sonic terrain, employs a greater arsenal of tones, and probes larger existential and cosmic themes, all while retaining the band’s signature sense of the forbidden, the forsaken, and the foreboding.

DOGGOD is a way of tackling the universal riddle tangled in the spiritual nature of love and devotion. “I feel like I’m some sort of servant or slave to love,” says Sanchez. “There’s a willingness to die for love in the process of serving it or suffering for it or in search of it… just in the way a loyal, devoted servant dog would.” The album title is a palindrome fusing together DOG and GOD—an exaltation of the submissive and a subversion of the divine. It’s a nod to the purity of dogs and an acknowledgement of their unconditional love and protective nature that’s at odds with the various pejoratives associated with the species. “There is this symbolic connection between women and dogs that expresses women’s subordinate position in society,” Sanchez explains. “And anything that embodies such divine characteristics never deserved to be a word used as an insult.”

These conflicted explorations of love and subservience manifest themselves in L.A. Witch’s fusion of their trademark smooth and smoky garage alchemy with a newfound utilization of post-punk’s disciplined reserve and icy instrumentation. Album opener “Icicle” captures the band journeying out of the proto-punk, psychedelia, and gritty riffage of the ‘70s into the chorus-drenched guitars and forlorn minimalism of Joy Division and early The Cure. A parallel is drawn between romantic suicide and martyrdom that carries over into the second song, “Kiss Me Deep.” Here Sanchez describes a love so pure that it transcends time and carries over into multiple lifetimes. It’s a song about passion delivered in the worldly and wounded stoicism of early goth pioneers. From there, the band segues into the lead single “777,” a song about devotion to the point of death. A propulsive beat, a driving distorted riff, and Sanchez’s ethereal vocals come together to create a song that’s both dire in its fatalism and sensual in its faithful passion.

Across the entirety of DOGGOD, L.A. Witch never strays from their muse. On “I Hunt You Pray,” Pai lays down a hypnotic bass throb while English employs a cyclical krautrock groove and Sanchez paints a picture of an abandoned dog on the roadside, alone in the night, living as both the hunter and the hunted. On “Eyes of Love,” the band harnesses the meditative mid-tempo repetition, deconstructed chords, and esoteric ruminations on love, death, and spirituality that made Lungfish such a beloved entity. It reinforces the parallel between the unwavering love seen in the eyes of a dog and the self-sacrifice of a savior. On “The Lines,” the band takes the propulsive pulse of post-punk and adds an extra dose of chorus to the mix. “Chorus is a modern effect that comes from the idea of replicating the slight pitch discrepancies of a choir. There is a shimmering quality which ties us back into this spiritual godly feel,” Sanchez explains. Coupled with the addition of organ and applied to a brooding minor-key melody, the song simultaneously conjures both the holy and the sacrilegious. The title track “DOGGOD” bears perhaps the strongest resemblance to the material found on the previous album Play With Fire, pitting lean and mean guitars against a scrappy rhythm section and dreamy vocals. But whereas their previous album was a rallying cry to carving one’s own path, “DOGGOD” adheres to the album’s “til death do us part” theme, going so far as to describe a level of submission that crosses over into dangerous and unhealthy places, with Sanchez singing “hang me on a leash / ‘til I wait for my release.”

Ultimately, DOGGOD is a perfect encapsulation of L.A. Witch’s approach. It’s simultaneously romantic and menacing, reverent and profane, a celebration and a lament. It finds the thread between the past and present, taking familiar sounds and revamping them for the modern age. But it also heralds a new era for the band, looking beyond the Kodachrome memories of midcentury America and digging deeper into the medieval and gothic energies of Paris and beyond, all while probing inward at a sullied heart. Suicide Squeeze is proud to release DOGGOD to the world on April 4, 2025.

credits

released April 4, 2025

Recorded at Motorbass Studios in Paris, France

Sade Sanchez - Vocals/Guitar/Synth
Irita Pai - Bass
Ellie English - Drums

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