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“…O’Death uses old methods (in the folk/traditional vein of music, the sort that tells stories) to make beautiful new sounds that borrow as much from Pixies, The Pogues, and Tom Waits as they do toothless drunk vagabonds wandering through the mountails. This is spastic, timeless music you can’t possibly ever tire of.”- The Deli Magazine
“…if your idea of a good time is a crowd of folks moshing to the sound of banjo feedback and Savage Republic drumming, then live O’Death is your cup of moonshine.”- Village Voice
“This New York band draws from the starkness and spiritual purity of Appalachian folk, the noisemongering of punk and the rowdy theatricality of Tom Waits. With quiet plucking of banjo and angry, anarchic hollers, its songs jumble the sacred and profane.”- The New York Times
“And like a hometown carnival, O’Death is a dirty, absurd, and absolutely enthralling.”- Austin Chronicle
“Brooklyn’s O’Death shares some commonalities with a shootout that winds up leaving a saloon worse for wear and without a single glass capable of holding any liquid. The band is like the cry of a cougar and the sharp, invigorating pain that would be produced as a glass was smashed into your forehead.”- Daytrotter.com
“There are plenty of folk and country-tined bands floating around America these days, but few are able to take Americana and evolve it toward something interesting or unique, something that begs to be heard, something catchy enough to dance (or stumble) to. O’Death manages to do just that, and also manages to take us to that dark and haunted place inside us that takes such enthusiastic satisfaction in being dark and haunted.”- Portland Mercury
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Discography
2007 Head Home CD (Ernest Jenning Records/City Slang)
2007 "Low Tide" 7"/digital single (Ernest Jenning Records)
2007 Daytrotter.com Session
2008 "Spiderhole" 7" (Gigantic Records)
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Bio
O'Death originally formed in 2003 while the members attended SUNY Purchase, the band with Jamie on guitar and vocals, Gabe Darling on banjo, David Rogers-Berry on drums, Jesse Newman on bass, and Bob Pycior on fiddle self-released their first album in 2004. They quickly took to the task of stirring up a wholly original scene of NY musicians with their reverently twisted take on Americana filtered through a wealth of musical influences as divergent as Bill Monroe, Prince, Dock Boggs, Neil Young, The Microphones, and The Misfits via a series of shows at the now defunct Apocalypse Lounge.
As they gathered the songs for their second LP, Head Home, the band perfected their mesmerizing and riotous stage presence and took to turning their share of heads across the country, playing over 100 shows in 2006, and gracing the stage alongside acts including Battles, Dr. Dog, Art Brut, Langhorne Slim, The Big Sleep, and Old Time Relijun.
With the re-release of Head Home, the critically acclaimed NY act has created a perfect companion to their spellbinding live show. Part southern gothic spiritual, part moonshine fueled hoedown, these recordings, now presented with new remixes done by the band and Billy Pavone, are a timeless addition to the canon of weird old America.
ODeath will be heading out this summer and fall to promote the record in the US and Europe (with City Slang handling the European release). Its an infectious sound coming your way; unique and wonderfully raw, but with the ability to drop the jaws of even the most jaded music fanatic and leave them testifying to its unique power.
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