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Some Reviews of the New Taxpayers Singles
🕑 Added 2025-03-06 16:00:08 +0000 UTCHey gang. Thought I would share some of the reviews of the new Taxpayers songs because, hey, it's pretty cool that people are taking the time to review these tunes.
"At War With the Dogcatchers” is a burnished pop miracle, opening with the sound of a modem connecting before orienting itself somewhere between the works of Neutral Milk Hotel and Fishboy. Horns, strings, curious musical ephemera, and flashes of spiky guitars assemble around the heart-on-sleeve vocals of frontman Rob Taxpayer. Every new angle reveals a dozen different kaleidoscopic details, each one connected in a series of loosely woven musical tapestries and finely inked landscapes. This song is the goddamn Louvre.
https://cultureaddicts.com/the-taxpayers-return-with-new-single-video-at-war-with-the-dogcatchers/
Genre-defying punk band The Taxpayers are back and ready to shake things up once again. After years away, the Portland-born group has returned with a new single, At War With The Dogcatchers, a raw and riveting track that embodies their signature mix of chaos and heart...At War With The Dogcatchers follows the band’s previously released singles, Circle Protector and Evil Everywhere, setting the stage for ‘Circle Breaker,’ a record that promises to be their most ambitious yet.
The return of The Taxpayers is marked by “At War With The Dogcatchers,” a stunning and raw ballad accented by a soaring and warping arrangement. The lo-fi vocals contain a universe of dynamic movement as the passionate melodies bob and weave around moments of slow-burning indie rock that lead the listener into electrifying swells. It is those swells that make “At War With The Dogcatchers” so cinematic despite the quaint warmth that echoes throughout the performance. The Taxpayers balance their emotions with an instrumental that allows the vocals to have moments of sentimentality and screaming vigor, creating a sonic conflict that can only be solved by the chemistry employed between the veteran band. After a long five-year hiatus, The Taxpayers return sounding as confident as ever with “At War With The Dogcatchers.” The single from their anticipated new album is a moody anthem with firework-like crescendos that bleed into slow-burning moments of heartfelt emo-rock.
https://www.americanpancake.com/2025/02/the-taxpayers-and-stirring-sonic.html
A stirring sonic encapsulation of emotional bonding, of circling the wagons, of staving off death is felt on the sort of Celtic folk rock illumination of "Circle Protector" by Portland, Oregon birthed experimental indie rock amalgam The Taxpayers, embraces you, draws you into something equally intimate and vast...
...Coming from a band that’s weathered its own share of tragic events during their hiatus, “At War With The Dogcatchers” feels like more than just storytelling. It’s a declaration that love can prevail against cold institutional logic, that broken things deserve defenders, and that sometimes the best revenge against a cruel system is simply to care more deeply than it does...
https://lastdaydeaf.com/listening-now-the-taxpayers-at-war-with-the-dogcatchers/
Comments
Clay Lapari
So much good press! Love to see it.
