Reviewed by Collin Maclean

If the only lost dogs that come to your mind are from the early stages of many a Lassie film, then prepare to give these guys a chance, since their musical pedigree is far stronger than their name would suggest. Actually a mongrel, Lost Dogs is a band composed of tempo­rary defectors (Terry Taylor, Gene Eugene, Deri Daugherty and Mike Roe) from Da, Adam Again, The Choir and The 77s respectively. It is a defection that would be well worth repeating at a later date. As elo­quent wordsmiths they lament poverty, violence and injustice, without being cynical. It's their musical style which is remarkable though. Essentially roots music (though with a touch of rock a la 'Midnight Oil') most of the tracks take in country, downhome blues (they recreate the Jimmy Reed sound expertly) and Bob Dylan (there's even a cover "Protect My Child"). This isn't just Christians doing a Travelling Wilburys, these guys just love acoustic music. The only nails-down-the-blackboard feature for me was their insistence that 'route' rhymes with 'about', a few choruses of the title track had me reaching for the fast forward button. But I quibble. An excellent album. If you do not like blues, country, folk, rock or Bob Dylan, don't buy this

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