O'Death - Out of hands we go (c) 2014 Northern Spy
Artist....: O'Death
Album.....: Out of hands we go
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 12
Genre.....: Folk
Label.....: NorthernSpy
Catalogue#: NS 058
Encoder...: lame 3.98.4
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1kHz / VBR
URL.......: http://www.odeath.net
Tracklist:
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1. herd [3:54]
2. wrong time [3:47]
3. roam [3:56]
4. all is light [3:20]
5. wait for fire [5:33]
6. go and play with your dead hor [1:41]
7. apple moon [4:0]
8. when my dog gets out let him r [0:37]
9. we had a vision [6:25]
10. heal in the howling [2:49]
11. isavelle [4:51]
12. reprise [2:56]
Total:71 MB /
Release Notes:
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As o’death wrapped up production on their third studio album Outside at
the end of 2010, lead-singer/guitarist Greg Jamie relocated to Biddeford,
Maine, to take over a local music and arts venue and turn it into The
Oak and The Ax. Since then, Maine and The Oak and The Ax have become a
second home for o’death and eventually the location for the recording of
their fourth full-length studio album.
The band convened in South Portland, ME, to work with lo-fi recording
guru, Caleb Mulkerin (Big Blood, Fire On Fire, Cerberus Shoal) and to
take advantage of the homey space in Biddeford they had performed in many
times since 2011. On Out of Hands We Go, o’death return to a focus on
live performances with Jamie’s voice and lyrics planted firmly in the
center of the band’s dynamic arrangements, a stark departure from the
multi-tracked and meticulously overdubbed Outside.
Greg Jamie’s strength as a lyricist is his ability to create evocative
images and details that come together to form a narrative if the listener
is ready to walk the path. Out of Hands We Go contains stories of a more
personal nature, abandoning horror-film vignettes in favor of heartbreak
(“Heal In The Howling,” “Herd,” “Apple Moon,”), defiance (“Roam,” “Wrong
Time,” “Wait For Fire”) and ultimately triumph (“All Is Light,” “We Had
A Vision”) before culminating in the climactic “Isavelle” that fires on
all dramatic cylinders.