Dawes - North Hills AGD where you draw the layout

where you draw the layout of your park

described by the band as 'an avalanche in slow motion' in 2009 co-producing it themselves with Alex Somers in Reykjavik

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As King Diamond put it: "the melody is there without sacrificing the brutality

it's sound and fury is absolutely unflinching in purpose

Dawes - North Hills AGD where you draw the layoutNorth Hills is the debut studio album by American folk rock band Dawes, released on August 18, 2009. North Hills received mostly favorable reviews from the music critics. Absolute Punk's Gregory Robson said the album "is the sound of something truly astonishing beginning to take shape" with "near flawless roots rock offerings that drip with such a defined sense of soul, grit and harmony, it feels nearly criminal to label this album