Fat Dog are finding another kind of energy

“I think when we first made the first album, or when I wrote the first album, my only goal was to get people moving.” It is a simple way of describing what Fat Dog have always done. Woof., the debut studio album from the British outfit, was built around movement. The stomping songs, the dance-punk, the noise of it all. But Love has since realised there are other things worth chasing. “You realise that it's nice to do other stuff musically, isn't it?” he shares, reflecting on the response that Woof. received and the differences between it and the upcoming follow-up. “It’s nice to get people, you know, feeling. It’s not all about wanting a fucking massive mosh pit. It’s kind of nice to see other shit.”That shift is at the heart of Cancel Me (I’m Tired). The band’s second record still has plenty of the hedonistic energy that defined Woof., but here there is less interest in maintaining one particular intensity. Love says part of that came from the live show itself. As their sets have become longer, with fans flocking for a night of sweat and stamping, writing an entire album of heavy songs would eventually wear everyone out. “If we wrote two albums that were all like the most heavy mu...