[This piece originally appeared in All The Rage.]

Sometimes it’s difficult to pinpoint the moment when a band becomes bigger than a “local band.” When did the Features do it? Feable Weiner? Venus Hum? Bands tend to grow fairly gradually until one day, they’re touring Europe and you’re thinking “I think their bass player still owes me rent.” But in the case of De Novo Dahl, that moment will come on Saturday January 29th when the band releases their ridiculously ambitious double album, Cats & Kittens, at the Exit/In. (more…)