O’Death Announce National Fall Tour Dates

By Shawn M. Smith - September 11, 2008 | Email the author

Brooklyn’s own O’Death [Official Site, Myspace] just announced their new National Fall tour dates. Salty and I were lucky enough to see them open up for them open for our longtime favorites, Murder By Death in April [Late Night Wallflower], so if you get a chance to check them out, I HIGHLY recommend that you do. They were effing amazing; a phenomenal compliment to the sea shanties and funereal dirges we heard that night from MbD.

Come check out the tour dates and more “after the jump”

“Their third LP, Broken Hymns, Limbs and Skin, (out October 28th) feels like a giddy junkyard hoedown, from the panicked fiddle screeches of opener “Low Tide” to the celebratory gallop of closer “Lean-To.” At times it sounds morose or contemplative, but underneath the melancholy is a gospel fervor—bashed from paint buckets, banjos, guitars and anything else in kicking distance—that defines their sound. The quintet, which contains vocalist/guitarist Greg Jamie, vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Gabe Darling, fiddle player Bob Pycior, bassist Newman and drummer David Rogers-Berry, has evolved the possessed americana-meets-gypsy-punk of recent years into a more urgent, unrelenting celebration of life, death and everything in between.”

“Lowtide” [mp3]

O’DEATH TOUR DATES

October 30 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY (w/ Hoots and Hellmouth, La Strada)
October 31 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
November 1 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
November 2 – T.T. The Bears – Cambridge, MA
November 3 – II Motore – Montreal, QUE Canada
November 4 – El Mocambo – Toronto, ONT Canada
November 5 – Mohawk Place – Buffalo, NY
November 6 – Beachland Ballroom – Cleveland, OH
November 7 – Jakes Nightclub – Bloomington, IN
November 8 – Empty Bottle – Chicago, IL
November 9 – Hideout – Chicago, IL
November 10 – 7th Street Entry – Minneapolis, MN
November 11 – The Picador – Iowa City, IA
November 12 – The Jackpot Saloon – Lawrence, KS
November 13 – Waiting Room – Omaha, NE
November 14 – Larimer Lounge – Denver, CO
November 15 – Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT
November 17 – Media Club – Vancouver, BC Canada
November 18 – High Dive – Seattle, WA
November 19 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR
November 20 – Jambalaya – Arcata, CA
November 21 – Bottom of the Hill – San Francisco, CA
November 22 – Spaceland – Los Angeles, CA
November 23 – Casbah – San Diego, CA
November 24 – Modified Arts – Phoenix, AZ
November 26 – The Mohawk – Austin, TX
November 28 – Marquee – Tulsa, OK
November 29 – Off Broadway – St. Louis, MO
November 30 – Hi-Tone Café – Memphis, TN
December 2 – The Earl – Atlanta, GA
December 3 – Local 506 – Chapel Hill, NC
December 4 – Black Cat Backstage – Washington, DC
December 5 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY ( w/ Titus Andonicus, Wye Oak)