Hardcore/Punk
Cross Dog Releases Their “Hard Feelings” Music Video
Hardcore punk band Cross Dog has released the music video for their latest single “Hard Feelings” from their new album ‘All Hard Feelings.’
Cross Dog is a noisy, experimental, bass-driven hardcore punk band from Peterborough, Ontario. Their music is played at ear-splitting volumes, but the band’s socially conscious messaging cuts through the noise loud and clear. Formed in 2013, the intentional omission of a guitarist from the lineup leaves Cross Dog lacking absolutely nothing. Affirming the power in the rule of three, Tracy A (vocals), Mark Rand (bass), and Mikey Reid (drums) explode with a multiplicative force that betrays the finite bounds of their instrumental limitations.
Cross Dog’s newest album (and first for Stomp Records), All Hard Feelings (out June 7th), sees the band maintain the sonic onslaught they’ve become known for, but with a few tweaks. “Hard Feelings,” the first single to be shared ahead of the LP’s launch, is a pseudo-diss track that stemmed from Tracy feeling blindsided and betrayed. It encapsulates the moment when you are all pure and reactive emotion before you calm down and view your current situation through a healthier, more balanced lens. It’s the perfect “scream-it-in-your-car” song, so you don’t end up screaming it in someone else’s face.
Discussing the band’s new single, Tracy A comments:
“I had been struggling with what I wanted to say in this song for months. Musically, it was my favourite song on the record but it was as if I was waiting for the lyrics to write themselves. Then, right before I was heading into the studio to track vocals, I was blindsided by someone I trusted in a way that felt like such a betrayal; like, the situation just really didn’t have to go the way it did. I was hurt, raw, and angry — it had me down bad, but honestly, the song *did* end up writing itself, and we ended up with our first pseudo-diss track, in a way.
“It encapsulates the moment when you are all pure and reactive emotion before you calm down and view the situation through a healthier, more balanced lens. For me, it’s the perfect ‘scream-it-in-your-car’ song, so you don’t end up screaming it in their face.”
From basements to festival stages, Cross Dog has viciously banged their heads alongside an eclectic bunch of legends like The Misfits, Metz, Preoccupations, Cancer Bats, Good Riddance, War on Women, Fucked Up, Dayglo Abortions, Single Mothers, and many more.
Cross Dog “Hard Feelings” single artwork
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