-Announce Northeast Regional Tour Dates in Early 2012
New Album "Outside" Out Now on Ernest Jenning
Photo by Chiara Meattelli
In support of their critically acclaimed new album "Outside," released earlier this year on Ernest Jenning Record Co., New York's appalachian- folk-inspired indie darlings O'Death are announcing a series of Northeast regional tour dates taking place in early 2012. The upcoming dates mark the first time the band is heading to the region since the release of their new album, drummer David Rogers-Berry explains:
"In the past, we neglected the Northeast region in favor of making more monumental trips across the country or overseas, but in 2011 we've felt a great deal of appreciation from audiences a little closer to home. So, we want to return to communities that have supported us the most, while also venturing to some smaller markets that maybe don't get a lot of traffic from their favorite cult bands."
In addition, and for the first time in their career, O'Death will be performing as a live six-piece band on the upcoming set of dates, as they've been joined by Tris Palazzolo (Grandchildren, Skeletonbreath) on Trombone & percussion.
O'Death Live
01-19 Poughkeepsie, NY - The Mug at Vassar College
01-20 Hanover, NH - FUEL at Darthmouth College
01-21 New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge *
01-22 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall *
01-23 Montpelier, VT - Positive Pie *
01-24 Winooski, VT - Monkey House *
01-25 New Haven, CT - BAR *
01-26 Providence, RI - The Met *
01-27 Portland, ME - Space Gallery *
01-28 Keene, NH - The Starving Artist *
* = w/ Brown Bird
About O'Death:
"This raw and ragged New York band draws from the starkness and spiritual purity of Appalachian folk, the menace of punk and the rowdy theatricality of Tom Waits, jumbling sacred and profane." - Ben Sisario, The New York Times
"Sure, the band is rooted in American folk, but they're also adventurous listeners and composers, and Outside is unclassifiable in the same way records by northern contemporaries Beirut and Man Man are unclassifiable - folk music, it turns out, is a broad and fluid thing." - Pitchfork
"O' Death's new album, Outside, finds the band expanding on their previous efforts, with all of their theatrically-nuanced storytelling and Appalachian-inspired musical prowess firmly intact." - No Depression
In late July of 2010, New York quintet O'Death - Singer/guitarist Greg Jamie, Gabe Darling on banjo and ukelele, drummer David Rogers-Berry, bassist Jesse Newman, and violinist Robert Pycior - returned to the stage after a year-long hiatus to play a critically-acclaimed set at the Newport Folk Festival. In many ways it was the perfect start to a new era in the band's existence, and a logical precursor to their upcoming third LP, Outside. After endless touring on the rollicking one-two punch of their debut Head Home (Ernest Jenning) and sophomore barnburner Broken Hymns, Limbs and Skin (Kemado), the band was sidelined in the midst of their 2009 tour when Rogers-Berry was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma. Ten months of chemotherapy and a shoulder replacement later, the group returned to the studio with a new outlook on life, and began work on their most fully conceived project to date - an affirmation of sorts.
In the past, O'Death has been most visible via their chaotic live shows, but the band was determined to add more depth to their catalog. "I think we were interested in making something more personal, and trying to write songs that are melodically engaging and not just the crazed ravings of mad men," says Rogers-Berry of the process behind Outside. Jamie continues, "None of these songs were played live before recording, which is a first for us. I think that's important to why the album sounds the way it does. We gave ourselves the chance to explore sound in a way that is not concerned with a high-energy live show." The result is a record that lives up to its name with spacious and cinematic arrangements, layers of subtle percussion, and at times an impenetrable wall of found sound.
O'Death recorded the album over a two-month period, easily the longest they've ever spent on a production. Producer/Engineer Billy Pavone, who was also behind the board for Head Home, came along for the ride. The extended recording time allowed the band to write in studio, as well as cultivate the organic noise for the record in an intimate setting. As Pavone observed, "Creating the album in the recording, and not in the mix, was a leap of faith for me. It was challenging to let go and allow the album to breathe a bit, and be its own creation– unique and very different from some of the sounds we hear so often in the world of digital manipulation.
The result is a record that is both the most subtle and massive accomplishment of the band's career, a darkly triumphant and free-flowing album that represents exactly where the songwriters have found themselves in this moment. As Pycior notes, "I love the dynamic disparity in the album: the fragile parts of 'Bugs,' 'Ourselves,' and 'Don't Come Back...,' the huge endings in 'Alamar,' 'Look at the Sun,' and 'Pushing Out.' and the demented final tone of 'The Lake Departed.'"
"Outside" Track List:
01. Bugs
02. Ghost Head
03. Alamar
04. Black Dress
05. Ourselves
06. Look At The Sun
07. Howling Through
08. Don't Come Back
09. Pushing Out
10. Back Of The Garden
11. The Lake Departed
Watch the video for "Bugs" here!
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