THE Dog Line band members are a bundle of nerves heading towards Saturday night, when the Launceston rock outfit will officially launch its debut album Cannonballs and Barricades.
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"For us there is excitement and trepidation, mixed with anxiety," frontman Glenn Moorhouse said of the album, which has been six years in the making.
"It is a culmination of many years of work, so the excitement level to finally have a product to show people of the art that we have made, and for us that is pure excitement.
The Dog Line, which also includes Jason Howard, Lee Mallinson and Dane Leonard, recorded the album in Launceston, it was mastered at Trevallyn and mixed in Edinburgh.
"To me it as a real testament, a real document with such a broad spectrum of topics that we cover [from politics to organised religion, to the norms of modern society to personal relationships] that songwriting-wise it is a lifetime of stories," Moorhouse said.
"It really is a strong statement of us as a group.
"The intention of the album is to challenge the listener and the perception of what they see as the standard or the normality of modern society and that is reflected through the hard-rock, post-punk nature of the band."
The Dog Line will launch the album at Club 54, with Tim Rozemulder and DJ Tommy Corrosive providing support.
Internationally acclaimed sound engineer Dean Mizzi, formerly of Launceston, will be on hand to bring The Dog Line's sound to life.
"It will be a rock extravaganza. It is not only performing the tracks off the album, but we want to show as a live band we can produce that energy and that feeling [of the album]."
Doors open at 9pm, with The Dog Line to hit the stage at 10.30pm.
Entry is $10 and the album will be on sale for $25.
It will also be available from Mojo Music in Launceston from Saturday