Still Barking After All These Years: Dr. Dog On Low-Key Longevity And Their New Self-Titled Album | GRAMMY.com

Toby Leaman & Eric Slick of Dr. DogPhoto: Jeff Kravitz/GettyImagesinterviewFor two decades, Dr. Dog have enjoyed a dedicated fanbase and quiet resilience — although maybe not critical acclaim. Their new self-titled album shows that they've stayed not only consistent, but creatively lively; drummer Eric Slick talks all about it.Morgan Enos|GRAMMYs/Jul 24, 2024 - 01:47 pmAt the end of 2019, Dr. Dog decided they'd had enough of the touring grind. After all, the many-hued, many-styled psychedelic band had been going hard for two decades."It just got tiresome, and the other guys in the band had kids," Eric Slick, their drummer since 2019, tells GRAMMY.com. "I think there was just this conscious decision to be like, 'Maybe we need to take a breath.'"This amounted to a fork in the road for Dr. Dog, who have always occupied a funny space in the indie-verse. In a revealing 2016 Talkhouse essay titled "The Counting Crows Taught Me Not To Give A F— About the Critics," Slick acknowledged that musi...