12:35 AM - [Robotinev #50!] O'Death
As you can see, local band O'Death won the contest to pick the 50th robot drawing that I would do of a band. Matt from Earfarm was the first to suggest them (and in fact they were the only band that got multiple votes) so there will be a fancy full color print of the drawing headed his way. However I'd like to mention that some of the other recommendations - particularly Gwar and the Polyphonic Spree - would be a lot of fun to do, and I just might get around to them some day. I'm glad O'Death came out on top, as they're long overdue for some serious attention here on Subinev. Even though I was impressed by their first record and wrote a nice review of it for the Deli, and I thought they were cool guys back in the days of the Apocalypse Lounge (oh I miss that place!) I didn't make it out to see them live until even after their second record, Head Home, came out and they sent me a copy. Whereas they originally sounded like they might crawl out of the gutter or a back alley and git' ya (in 1800, mind you) before, they were starting to sound more likely to be crowded around a fire in the woods, perhaps only 100 years ago - though listen closely and you'll here modern music creeping in there a bit. Maybe a little bit of their intoxicating psychosis simply cleared up, or maybe they got better recording equipment (that's probably it) but what's certain is that the songs are undeniably strong (particularly "Only Daughter" - which slows things down a bit and oddly enough sounds like taking the band out of the imaginary place in the past which they occupy and dropping them in more or less modern times) and that yes, there's something very wrong with these people. No, not the nails-on-a-chalkboard vocals or the frenzied pace of the songs or the drum set made of - what is that stuff - pots and garbage and such I suppose, played with a chain sometimes - but that they seem seriously troubled - posessed, even. This definitely is not rock n' roll, but it feels just as good, if not better, and absolutely more exciting. O'Death plays tonight at Union Hall in Park Slope, with Tim Fite and Graham Smith (Kleenex Girl Wonder). Make friends with O'Death on Myspace.
No mp3s for you. Just go buy the record.
Comments
That came out awesome!
posted by: Jen at January 7, 2007 02:47 PM
yeah, that's very very cool. glad to see O'Death get Robotinev'd.
posted by: EF Matt at January 8, 2007 03:02 PM
