This much asked for reissue is being made as a double LP so to include not just the album but also the preceding EP (‘Inconsiderate Bitch’) and hard to find b-side ‘The Mirror Is Gone’.
It's only appropriate that Solaris, Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky's psychological sci-fi classic from 1972, contains an equally original and mind-bending score.
A psychedelic and chaotic album that explores themes of young adulthood and the depravities of that stage of life, mixed with moments of fleeting beauty by Geese.
After three albums of reverberated guitar wandering he takes a turn towards the kosmiche. Two side-long synth explorations transport the listener to the avocado hues of 1974, expanding consciousness one oscillation at a time
DeMarco wrote some demos for This Old Dog on an acoustic guitar, an unusual method for him. He also used a CR-78 drum machine, which can be heard on his album tracks for the first time ever.
Recorded in the midst of litigation with their former manager Patrick Meehan. The stress that resulted from the band's ongoing legal woes infiltrated the recording process, inspiring the album's title.