The Dagons | |
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | post-punk, psychedelic, |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Members | Karie Jacobson Drew Kowalski |
| Website | www.thedagons.com |
The Dagons mix fuzzy guitars, pounding drums & haunting vocals with dreamy lyrics referencing fairy tales & mythology to create their distinctive sound. They are a two-piece band from Los Angeles, made up of Karie Jacobson (guitar, vocals) and Drew Kowalski (drum set and sitar).[1]
The Dagons have “a unique, otherworldly feel which adds a sprawling, surreal quality to the genre of indie rock” [2] and for their distinctive juxtapositions of contrasting elements, such as the short, stripped-down song forms of punk with dark, otherworldly psychedelia, or the contrast of fuzzy guitars and pounding drums with minor key melodies and dreamy vocals. Also unusual is the group's use of distorted electrified sitar, played by The Dagons drummer and producer Drew Kowalski.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Several sources state that the band's name, The Dagons (pronounced Day-gons) is a reference to Dagon, the half-man, half-fish god of the Mediterranean sea.[2][8] Other sources claim that the band's name is a reference to the being Father Dagon as described by horror-fantasy writer H.P. Lovecraft.[10][11]