Never Let Them Catch You Crying

More Dogs are an enigmatic trio from Monitor's hard working hometown of Baltimore, USA. After experimenting for several years in their loft/studio in Little Italy, More Dogs finally emerged with a refreshing sound based around a varied collection of instruments; the standards: guitar, bass, drums, organ, and the non-standards: whistles, triangles, vibraphones, slapsticks, blocks, and cowbells. Their sound, always difficult to interpret into words is somewhere between soundtrack-circus-instrumental-rock. Or as a reviewer put it "like being stoned listening to Van Dyke Parks's Song Cycle while your little brother is watching cartoons in the other room." The album was recorded almost entirely live in the studio, during which the members had to tip toe around the studio and interchange instruments.