{"id":3656,"date":"2012-06-27T13:21:53","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T20:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=3656"},"modified":"2012-06-28T15:21:40","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T22:21:40","slug":"dog-day-aren%e2%80%99t-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2012\/06\/27\/dog-day-aren%e2%80%99t-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog Day aren\u2019t over"},"content":{"rendered":"

Around the age of 16, Seth Smith abandoned his small east-coast town in search of greener grasses\u2026 or at least somewhere where the high schools had music and art programs. Smith found this place in Victoria, where he attended Vic High for a few years before the east lured him back with that Maritime twang and a booming fishing industry.<\/p>\n

Back home, Smith did what any recent high-school grad in his position would: he moved back in with his parents. It\u2019s here that he really got into songwriting. With musical prowess oozing through his pores like your Auntie Margot\u2019s spare tire protruding through the top of her spandex pants after Sunday brunch, Smith was in dire need of a way to discharge his creative energy. And so was born math rockers The Burdocks.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter I moved back to Halifax from Victoria I stayed at my parent\u2019s place for a while and wrote about three albums worth of material,\u201d he says. \u201cThen I formed a band called The Burdocks.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dog Day and some goofy things (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After touring Canada for around three years with The Burdocks, Smith needed a bit of change from playing intense math rock, and started a side project as something just a bit more relaxed.<\/p>\n

\u201cNancy [Urich, Smith\u2019s wife] and I started Project Dog Day, which started as a solo project for me, but we teamed up with our friends and became Dog Day,\u201d says Smith.<\/p>\n

Now, settled in Halifax, Smith spends the majority of his time creating music with Urich in their distinctively dynamic duo Dog Day. The band features Smith and Ulrich mixing it up, switching between guitar and drums, to deliver a unique yet simple indie-rock sound.<\/p>\n

Spending your work time with your spouse might sound like a daunting task for some, but for Seth and Nancy, it couldn\u2019t be any more ideal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is an added level of intuition where you know each other a little more and are on the same page,\u201d says Smith. \u2018We listen to the same music together. It\u2019s very convenient. If you feel like having food at a certain restaurant there are only two people to discuss it.\u201d<\/p>\n

And while Smith admits that there\u2019s certainly a bit more arguing involved when working so closely with a spouse, he quickly assures that no lover\u2019s spat will be standing in this pair\u2019s path around any upcoming bends of the river.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s more bickering too, because you are so comfortable with each other that you have that level of over-comfort,\u201d he says. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t trade it. We\u2019ll definitely be playing together for a long time to come.\u201c<\/p>\n

Dog Day
\nJune 28
\nLogan\u2019s Pub, $10
\ndogdaymusic.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Around the age of 16, Seth Smith abandoned his small east-coast town in search of greener grasses\u2026 or at least somewhere where the high schools had music and art programs. Smith found this place in Victoria, where he attended Vic High for a few years before the east lured him back with that Maritime twang […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3656"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3661,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656\/revisions\/3661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}