Jake Ewald started Slaughter Beach, Dog as an outlet for characters. Feeling restless in his main band at the time, Modern Baseball -- whose songs required visceral emotional transparency -- he created the fictional town of Slaughter Beach and populated it with people who were down-on-their-luck and complicated, earnest and trying. The characters were often inspired by Ewald's own experiences or the experiences of people he knew, but the freedom to mess with the details allowed his characters to take on a painful clarity.
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Album Of The Week: Slaughter Beach, Dog Safe And Also No Fear
