From Los Angeles, The Dons grabbed our attention at IPO 2001, when upon
putting a CD of demos into our rental car, we were promptly blown away by
the bands` ability to weave and mend gorgeous, infectious and sweet lilting
pop melodies over silky-smooth guitars. Echoes of lots of Velvet Crush,
early Posies and "Girlfriend"-era Matthew Sweet abound abundantly. The
band`s leader, Don Mogill, combines a (Paul) Chastain-esque upper register
vocal with his ultra-melodic guitar style, while guitarist Ken
West(Receiver) adds some of Teenage Fanclub inspirations inside all of the
soulful splendidness. "Rarely does a debut album from a relatively unknown
pop sounds as exciting, fresh and consistently melodic from start to finish
as DOWN OF THE DONS. It rocks, rolls, shakes and pops with mucho elan, and
also happens to be bursting at the seams with great songs. Bugy three and
make all the other kids on the block jealous"-Amplifier. The entire band is
compelling in its energy for this material that is hard to not love with all
its magnificent sing-a-long choruses and pure pop sheen. The Dons have
confidently arrived!
 Listen - mp3
Listen - mp3
Listen - mp3
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