{"id":33224,"date":"2012-08-20T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/feature-if-i-with-dowsing\/"},"modified":"2018-03-11T01:34:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T01:34:39","slug":"feature-if-i-with-dowsing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/feature-if-i-with-dowsing\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature: “If I…” with Dowsing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Rising Indie\/Emo band Dowsing\u00a0<\/strong>hail from Chicago, Illinois and are just one many US bands part of the recent emo revival alongside the likes of\u00a0Joie De Vivre and Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate). All of which are part of the brilliant Count Your Lucky Stars Records<\/strong> roster.<\/p>\n

With a one 7" (‘All I Could Find Was You’<\/em>), a split with Parker and now their full-length album ‘It’s Still Pretty Terrible’<\/em> under their belt, Dowsing are a highly promising quartet that have all the right\u00a0ingredients\u00a0for the perfect emo band; sincere lyrics\u00a0delivered\u00a0in a gentle but somewhat poppy fashion that are more than pleasing on the ear.<\/p>\n

Recently Dowsing took part in our “If I…”<\/strong> questionnaire to find out a variety of information. The Chicago group\u00a0delivered\u00a0some\u00a0humorous\u00a0answers. Read on to find out which Semisonic hit they wish they had written, and who they would book for their fantasy football line-up.<\/p>\n

If I could re-record one song it would be…<\/strong>
Dowsing: ’<\/em>Joking\/Laughing (Orchestra Edition).’<\/em><\/p>\n

If I could re-live one tour\/show it would be…<\/strong>
Dowsing:T<\/em>he \u201cFinal\u201d Joie De Vivre show, because Erik missed the entire show due to his parents being in town. \u00a0Also, Joie De Vivre would be broken up and they wouldn\u2019t be bugging all of Europe now.<\/em><\/p>\n

If I had the chance to play one venue it would be…<\/strong>
Dowsing:\u00a0The Metro in Chicago.<\/em><\/p>\n

&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=“http:\/\/dowsing.bandcamp.com\/album\/its-still-pretty-terrible” data-mce-href=“http:\/\/dowsing.bandcamp.com\/album\/its-still-pretty-terrible”&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;It’s Still Pretty Terrible by Dowsing&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;\/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;<\/p>\n

If I could play with one band it would be…<\/strong>
Dowsing: Superchunk<\/em><\/p>\n

If I could play with any person living or dead it would be…<\/strong>
Dowsing:\u00a0<\/em>Bruce Springsteen<\/em><\/p>\n

If I could bring back any band that have split up, it would be…<\/strong>
Dowsing:\u00a0<\/em>Joie De Vivre\u2026 Oh wait.<\/em><\/p>\n

If I wasn’t playing music, I would be…<\/strong>
Dowsing: D<\/em>oing better in school.<\/em><\/p>\n

If I could play a different genre it would be…<\/strong>
Dowsing: Butt-rock<\/em><\/p>\n

If I could have written any song it would be…<\/strong>
Dowsing: ’<\/em>Closing Time’ by Semisonic.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

If I could have written any album it would be…<\/strong>
Dowsing: Third Eye Blind’s Self-Titled album.<\/em><\/p>\n

If I could headline any festival, it would be…<\/strong>
Dowsing: The Gathering (of the Juggalos)<\/em><\/p>\n

If I could organise my own festival, the bands playing would be…<\/strong>
Dowsing:\u00a0<\/em>Insane Clown Posse, Twiztid, Tech N9ne, Coolio, Linkin Park, and Vanilla Ice.<\/em><\/p>\n

If I could play any other instrument, it would be…<\/strong>
Dowsing:\u00a0<\/em>Theremin<\/em><\/p>\n

If I could give one piece of advice to a new band, it would be…<\/strong>
Dowsing:\u00a0<\/em>Dear Brave Bird,\u00a0<\/em>Be excellent to each other. \u00a0And party on dudes!<\/em><\/p>\n

’<\/em>It’s Still Pretty Terrible’\u00a0<\/em>by Dowsing\u00a0<\/strong>is available now on Count Your Lucky Stars Records<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Dowsing<\/strong> on Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Bandcamp<\/a>|Tumblr<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Sean Reid (@SeanReid86)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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