Watch the video for "Black Dress" exclusively @
Consequence of Sound!
In support of their critically acclaimed new album "Outside," released last year on Ernest Jenning Record Co., New York's appalachian- folk-inspired indie darlings O'Death have premiered their new video for album single "Black Dress" at Consequence of Sound, which appears on the band's latest full-length.
In addition, the band is also announcing a series of spring US tour dates taking place throughout the Northeast and Midwest, and feature guests Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Charlie Parr, Chris Bathgate and more (full itinerary below).
O'Death Live
Sat Apr 21 Portsmouth, NH @ The Music Hall
Sat May 5th Bennington, VT @ Bennington College Sunfest !
Sat May 26 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwells
Sunday May 27 Erie, PA @ Crooked I
Monday May 28 Akron, OH @ Musica
Tues May 29 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme #
Wed May 30 Lansing, MI @ Macs Bar
Fri June 1 Indianapolis @ Food Truck Festival
Sun June 3 St. Paul @ The Turf Club *
Mon June 4 Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium *
Tues June 5 Duluth, MN @ Tycoons *
Wed June 6 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club *
Thurs June 7 Cincinnati, OH @ The Ballroom at the Taft Theatre
Friday June 8 Pittsburgh, PA @ 31st Pub
Sat June 9 Brooklyn, NY @ Glasslands
Sun June 10 Philadelphia, PA @ Dock Street Brewery
! = w/ Quintron and Miss Pussycat, What Cheer? Brigade
* = w/ Charlie Parr
# = w/ Chris Bathgate
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
For more information, visit:
www.odeath.net
www.ernestjenning.com
In support of their critically acclaimed new album "Outside," released last year on Ernest Jenning Record Co., New York's appalachian- folk-inspired indie darlings O'Death have premiered their new video for album single "Black Dress" at Consequence of Sound, which appears on the band's latest full-length.
In addition, the band is also announcing a series of spring US tour dates taking place throughout the Northeast and Midwest, and feature guests Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Charlie Parr, Chris Bathgate and more (full itinerary below).
O'Death Live
Sat Apr 21 Portsmouth, NH @ The Music Hall
Sat May 5th Bennington, VT @ Bennington College Sunfest !
Sat May 26 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwells
Sunday May 27 Erie, PA @ Crooked I
Monday May 28 Akron, OH @ Musica
Tues May 29 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme #
Wed May 30 Lansing, MI @ Macs Bar
Fri June 1 Indianapolis @ Food Truck Festival
Sun June 3 St. Paul @ The Turf Club *
Mon June 4 Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium *
Tues June 5 Duluth, MN @ Tycoons *
Wed June 6 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club *
Thurs June 7 Cincinnati, OH @ The Ballroom at the Taft Theatre
Friday June 8 Pittsburgh, PA @ 31st Pub
Sat June 9 Brooklyn, NY @ Glasslands
Sun June 10 Philadelphia, PA @ Dock Street Brewery
! = w/ Quintron and Miss Pussycat, What Cheer? Brigade
* = w/ Charlie Parr
# = w/ Chris Bathgate
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
For more information, visit:
www.odeath.net
www.ernestjenning.com
No comments:
Post a Comment