I had never heard of Dr. Dog until they covered Architecture in Helsinki (a band I had heard of) and their song “Heart it Races.”
It was practically love at first listen. They took what I consider to be a pretty mediocre (and kind of odd and unpleasant) song and turned it into pop gold.
Isn’t that the perfect pop song? Maybe it’s so perfect because their music is so heavily influenced by pop music of the 60s, full of harmonies and pretty lo-fi sounds. Check out more of their music on myspace.