Dongs Of Sevotion

Q (5/00, p.118) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...[Bill Callahan's] best yet." Alternative Press (7/00, pp.111-2) - 3 out of 5 - "...Callahan displays a certain swagger that makes this his first album of interest to those without suicidal impulses." Magnet (6-7/00, p.90) - "...He's recording with member of Tortoise and Isotope 217, crooning over ersatz '70s soul. But the subject matter remains the same: the unwholesome stains on the wrappings of the human soul....all solidly done." Melody Maker (4/11/00, p.48) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Bill Callahan unfolds his croaking moan to startling effect....If you fancy spending an hour staring out the window, watching steam rise from chimneys...much of DOS would be a perfect accompaniment..." Mojo (Publisher) (5/00, p.92) - "...Bill Callahan actually sounds chipper. Must be the sex....there is familiar, black Smog turf [and there is the] less familiar [in] the sturdy rhythms, muscle-flexing playing, robust vocals, The Hard Road's quasi-metal guitar, [and] Justice Aversion's electro-disco beat..." NME (Magazine) (12/30/00, p.78) - Ranked #27 in NME's "Top 50 Albums Of The Year". NME (Magazine) (4/1/00, p.33) - 8 out of 10 - "...The deadpan Wednesday Addams of alt-rock....He's the grinning gravedigger, the singing mortician....The world is wonderful and terrifying, beautiful and malicious. It's all the better, and worse, for having Smog in it."