Old School: Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense. New School: Real Ones' All For the Neighbourhood.

Who ever said human cloning hadn't started yet? Listen to the Real Ones’ "Every Dog Has His Day" and you'll be convinced that David Byrne is walking the Earth in the body of a twenty-five-year-old Norwegian named Ivar Vogt. 

The Real Ones echo — and update — the swinging, giddy sound on the Talking Heads’ seminal 1984 live album Stop Making Sense. In "Every Dog Has His Day,” you’ll hear hints of the bouncing, reggae-inspired beats of the Head’s “Slippery People,” and enjoy echoes of Byrne’s philosophical lyrics in “Once in a Lifetime.” 

Overall there’s more country here than new wave (listen for a banjo and nods to rustic acts like The Band and Wilco throughout the rest of the album), but Vogt’s voice will keep you coming back to the Heads. His tone is authoritative, almost stern, but has an operatic joyfulness to it. He may not be a full-fledged Byrne yet, but give the guy time — it’s tough to find oversized business suits in Scandinavia.

The Real Ones' All For the Neighbourhood came out last week on The Rebel Group. Download the single "Every Dog Has His Day" for free here.