Slaughter Beach, Dog

The solo project of Modern Baseball’s Jake Ewald, Slaughter Beach, Dog first came about with the inclusion of the track “Toronto Mug” on Making New Enemies’ Group Picture, Vol. 4 compilation in 2014. A second track arrived in 2015 on a follow-up compilation for the label before the release of Ewald’s debut 7″ single, Dawg, on his own Family Dinner imprint. While writing the more autobiographical material that formed half of Modern Baseball’s Holy Ghost album, Ewald decided to move his songwriting into the fictional town of Slaughter Beach for the project. Creating a cast of characters to base the songs around allowed Ewald to explore lyrical territory that was different from his work with his full-time band.