Baltimore, MD indie-rock band, Dosser have released their new single, “Joy Thief” taken from their upcoming debut album. Listen to the vulnerable new single, now below and keep an eye out for an accompanying music video to come later this month.
Of the track, Dosser’s Bret Lanahan (guitar, vocals) said, “Since I was a kid I’ve struggled greatly with crippling anxiety and depression. I didn’t understand when I was younger what either of those things were and always thought something was wrong with me or I had something bad inside me making me feel this way. I used to have this kind of weird day dream a lot that if I could just open up my chest and let whatever was inside of me that was making me feel so terrible just spill out, maybe I would feel better.”
“It wasn’t a bloody scene or anything like that, I guess it was just the only way my younger brain could picture getting rid of bad thoughts. As I got older and had a better understanding of what mental illness looked like I was able to get help in the form of medication. The song goes back and forth with the feeling of being trapped in one of two corners that I think are pretty common in people trying to deal with or treat mental illness. Either you treat it with medication and get to a point where you feel almost nothing at all and totally empty, or just deal with it and have such intense feelings that you can hardly bare it. Finding a release is the hardest thing to do. The lyrics are fairly simple but they hold a great weight for me.”
Dosser are on tour with hometown heroes Pianos Become The Teeth, Philly’s Caracara, and Massachusetts’ Dreamtigers. All dates are below.
Tour Dates
With Pianos Become the Teeth, Caracara, and Dreamtigers.
09/02 – Cambridge. MA – Sonia Live Music Venue
09/03 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
09/04 – Brooklyn, NY – The Meadow
09/08 – Atlanta, GA – Purgatory at the Masquerade
09/09 – Nashville. TN – Exit/In
09/11 – Columbus, OH – Big Room Bar
11/11 – Pittsburgh, PA – Preserving Underground
11/12 – Chicago, IL – Subterranean
11/13 – Minneapolis, MN – Cabooze
11/14 – Detroit, MI – El Club