The Roof Dogs

The Roof Dogs are an indie / slacker / puck rock band based in Chicago, IL.

FFO: Parquet Courts, Pardoner, White Fence, Mattiel, Alvvays, Cafe Racer, Television, Lou Reed, Guided by Voices, The Soft Boys

A traditional four-piece in composition, The Roofs Dogs consists of Andrew Marczak on guitar and synthesizers, Sean Maher on bass guitar, Jack Brereton on the drums, and Jesse Cheshire on guitar. Andrew and Jesse split vocal duties. Musically the band draws from a variety of influences in the great canon of modern western music. Informed as much by The Byrds as by James Chance, the band’s approach to each of its compositions is often dissonant. While an intentional proclivity towards mucking things up is a cornerstone of the group's sound, it is never to mask sloppy songwriting. Lyrics and melody are as much a priority as the introduction of chaos into any composition.

Throughout the band’s tenure, the Roof Dogs have provided support for acts like shame, Mattiel, Vundabar, and Richard Lloyd (of Television) to name just a few. They were featured in the soundtrack for the Tribeca Film Festival nominee “Poser” (Oscilloscope 2021). The band  self-released two EPs in the late 2010s followed by a 7” on Broom Closet Records in 2020. When the pandemic hit, which canceled a lengthy east coast run, the Roof Dogs wrote and recorded their debut LP “Here You Are”, out now on Earth Libraries!

Press:

"Building, carefree rhythm and slacker cool." - Various Small Flames

"Perfect mix of slacker and crunch" - buffaBLOG