that dog Discography 1994 - 2019

With a spiky yet vulnerable mix of punk, chamber pop, and singer/songwriter confessions, that dog. were a '90s cult favorite who continued their career more than 20 years later. On their 1994 self-titled album and the following year's Totally Crushed Out!, the duality between Anna Waronker's witty, heartfelt songwriting and surging guitars and Rachel and Petra Haden's graceful harmonies and strings was intriguing during the handful of years that the band was initially together, and remarkably influential as time passed. Though that dog. didn't find much success -- "Never Say Never," from 1997's more accessible Retreat from the Sun, was their only charting single -- that dog.'s impact can be heard in the quirky, outspoken singer/songwriters and the punky, female-driven bands that came to prominence in the 2010s. In their own way, that dog. were as formative on these styles as their more acclaimed contemporaries, such as Liz Phair or the Breeders, were. When the band reunited to make 2019's Old LP, it proved that dog.'s chemistry was still potent and, thanks to two more decades of life experience, even more focused