Giving an animal a human persona is one of the most common things pet owners do. They become members for their family and become larger than life to the humans who take care of them. For singer-songwriter Charlie Parr's album Dog , released in September of last year, he took this idea to a whole new level. During the writing for his last album, Parr began to experience the resurgence of the depression he's had since he was young. As he wrote about his depression the focus shifted from an autobiographical nature to him writing from the prospective of a dog. In an interview with The Current's Andrea Swenson about the song "Dog," Parr spoke about his depression and how said, "In the beginning, the song wasn't about a dog. It was about depression. As I worked the song it became to be more about a dog." Parr used his own dog Ruben and a stray who lived outside of a friends house as models for the song. The music video for "Dog" features a...