PREMIERE: Reilly Downes Invents New Wave Honky Tonk on "Dog Days"
In her new track "Dog Days," Reilly Downes takes DEHD's deep cut and transforms it into an urgent new wave/honky-tonk cut.
Reilly Downes brings honky-tonk to punk with her cover of "Dog Days." The song is a deep cut from the Chicago band DEHD. The song is a snapshot of a weekend in your early-20s. While the original song has a jangle pop feel, Downes brings a new wave urgency and country twang to this story of hearts that are eager to break at 90 mph.
Downes is a torchbearer of modern heartbreak, blending rust belt grit with cosmic country soul. Hailing from Texas and now rooted in the Chicago music scene.With a background in both the Americana and indie circuits, Reilly delivers raw, emotionally charged performances with her band, The Acid Cowboys. Her songs, like sad polaroids of love and loss, explore themes of queer identity, grief, and survival.
She is currently in the process of recording her sophomore album with executive production by Jaime Wyatt who has worked alongside Butch Walker, Shooter Jennings, The Black Pumas, and more.
"'Dog Days' is a gritty, slow-burning rock & roll cover of a DEHD deep cut—reimagined with desert guitars and smoky, heatwave vocals," Downes explains. "It captures that end-of-summer ache with a fresh, Americana-leaning edge."
