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Low Tide b/w I Think I'm Fine (7" EJRC035)
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- Low Tide
- I Think I'm Fine
- Nimrod's Son
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Head Home (CD EJRC032)
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- Down To Rest Mp3
- Adelita
- Allie Mae Reynolds
- The Crab Apple Switch
- O Lee O
- Busted Old Church
- Travelin Man
- Face Mask
- Only Daughter
- Ground Stump
- Rickety Fence Teeth
- All The World Mp3
- Jesus Look Down
- Nathaniel
- Gas Can Row
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 "(NYC's) Best Appalachian Hardcore Band ” - The Village Voice
"This is spastic, timeless music you can't possibly tire of." - The Deli Magazine
"The New York band O'Death drawes from the bluntness and spiritual purify of Appalachian folk, the menace of punk and the rowdy theatricaliy of Tom Waits, jumbling sacred adn profane." - The New York Times |
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| Greg Jamie - Vocals, Guitar, Gabe Darling - Backing vocals, ukulele, guitar, banjo, piano, David Rogers-Berry - Drums, Bob Pycior - Fiddle, guitar, piano, Jesse Newman - Bass, Dan Sager - Trombone, euphonium, keys |
Five guys, maybe three shirts between them, take to the stage. There’s a banjo, a fiddle, a drum set littered with gas cans, chains, and broken cymbals. Then they all start howling, stomping; it’s an anachronistic jug band party in a junkyard with sing-along hooks and weathered vocals from another time. Their fans, an ever-expanding congregation, sing along and follow the band with an almost religious fervor, and as vocalist Greg Jamie’s eyes roll back into his head there’s a sense that something almost sinisterly spiritual has overtaken everyone in the room. This is the world of 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 the shows 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, The Big Sleep, Langhorne Slim, 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.
O’Death will be heading out this summer and fall to promote the record in the US and Europe (with City Slang handling the European release). It’s 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 it’s unique power.
MYSPACE
www.myspace.com/odeath
MANAGEMENT
Brian Long / Yes Know
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