Bark Your Head Off, Dog is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Hop Along.

"[16] Additionally, the album uses more "danceable" rhythms, and its opening track "How Simple" has been called "one of the band's poppiest moments".

[21][22] The album also makes use of unorthodox instruments such as harps, pizzicato, mandolins, fiddles,[23] electric piano and vocoders.

[24] Guitarist Joe Reinhart utilized "math emo" guitar techniques such as tapping, which drew comparisons to Algernon Cadwallader, his previous band.

NPR wrote that the guitarist employed "twinkly, expressive guitar riffs that defined his defunct emo band Algernon Cadwallader and made that music feel unbridled and joyous.