Dig is an amazing band that no one remembers except for maybe me and a couple of other people who were seriously submerged in the alternative rock wave of the early 90s. I saw the video for their song "Believe" and promptly went out to pick it up the CD. This is one of those albums that I dubbed to tape and listened to over and over in my big yellow Sony sports walkman on the bus going to school. It has this big thick layered sound that grabs your entire ear space and creates its own lush reverberant atmosphere. The band was a 5 piece; a drummer, bassist and 3 guitarists. On some tracks, one guitarist is making only atmospheric noises with feedback loops and delays. I remember seeing them play "Believe" on the Jon Stewart Show (I am really dating myself now) and the guy held an e-bow to his guitar for the entire duration of the song, just bending it slightly here and there. Underneath all of those guitars, the bassist still manages to make his own space, weaving his own style of melodic lines throughout each song. Vocals were pretty much dominated by one person, although there are some backups here and there. They have that really lazy character to them but still manage to hang high over everything else. It's a very creative take on the sound that was popular at that time, injecting equal influences from rock, psychedelic, surf, ambient with some pop sensibilities thrown in for catchy tunes. It's a shame this band didn't get the promotion they deserved.
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