Dom
Apr 25, 2011
Dom, the founder and main songwriter for the band Dom, is pretty set on his band's goals despite their relative infancy. He has dreams of making artful pornography and playing video games with Lil Wayne. He writes hockey stadium anthems about his cat. Along with guitarist Erik and drummer Bobby K., Dom makes sunburned guitar pop with fat hooks and stargaze synths that sound triumphant, heartbreaking, and totally immediate.
"We want to be the Madonna of garage rock," he says on their official website. It's an ambitious path to take, and the potential can be found on the single, "Living In America", one of the best recent party anthems which impacts Alternative on May 3rd. The tune kicks off with a high-pitched synth pattern and launches into a fully realized rock rave number. The single is from the Sun Bronzed Greek Gods album, re-released February 15th via Astralwerks/Burning Mill Records. The EP was previously only available in limited physical quantities and is now available widely in all formats (LP, CD and digital). The new remixed and remastered EP keeps the exact same analog spirit of the original intact.
If it seems like Dom just came out of nowhere, that is because they did. In December 2009, Dom met drummer Bobby in a Massachusetts boarding house. The two sought out to make Dom an "electronic sci-trance project" but after writing the song "Jesus," the band took a more surfy-psych, fuzz-pop sound. Later, they connected with bassist / guitarist Erik and shred head Cosmo.
"We like to get gnarly, but that doesn't mean we're a joke," Dom says.
The band embarked on their first US headlining tour last month, including several shows at SXSW.
