Bridge Dog

"Sydney-based four piece Bridge Dog share latest single, ‘Standard Issue’ on April 12. Bridge Dog songwriters Grace Ha and Brian Park grew up in households where Korean ballads were the staple musical fare, so perhaps the only surprise is that it took this long for them to actively mine this influence for elements they could use in their own songs. While the careful layers of lush synths and jagged guitars draw from My Bloody Valentine and Cocteau Twins, ‘Standard Issue’ takes its structural and emotional cues from the folk and power ballads that were in their heyday in Korea in the ‘70s and ‘80s - winding, extended verses with atypical choruses, seemingly disjointed instrumental intros, surprisingly emotive key changes - all culminating in a resolution that is found only in the very last line of the song. www.brdgdg.com"