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It's the first time the music has come to a halt since the LP began — the first time this ribbon of sound has been cut, after twenty-plus minutes of motorik groove, nagging riff, and insistent hook — and as a result, it also serves as perhaps the clearest indicator yet that \u003cem\u003eAt Home\u003c\/em\u003e is more than just a collection of individually wound super-melodic instrumental rock songs; it's a suite of music precision-engineered for a single sitting, complete with resting stops, signposts, and tiny diversions in just the right places along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnyone who's seen \u003cstrong\u003eDog Unit\u003c\/strong\u003e live won't be surprised by what that pause signifies: indeed, this knack for world creation has been the band's MO since their inception in 2019, writing and performing music designed to arc over the course of an uninterrupted hour, with the four Londoners' musical idiosyncrasies combining for just the right recipe: \u003cstrong\u003eHenry Scowcroft\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eSam Walton\u003c\/strong\u003e on guitars that alternate between howling feedback and poised melodicism, \u003cstrong\u003eJames Weaver\u003c\/strong\u003e, a pop-dub bass maestro whose minimalist style reveals a genius for conciseness, and motorik drummer \u003cstrong\u003eLucy Jamieson\u003c\/strong\u003e, the most reliable timekeeper this side of an atomic clock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, on stage or on record, there's a sense that this isn't four musicians, but one 16-limbed creature guiding its listeners on an undulating journey of sleek modernist wonder, like a bullet train scything beautifully through Japanese countryside. 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