We had such a wonderful time last Saturday at Californos. The weather, staff, audience and entertainment couldn't have been better and we hope to play there again soon. Pitch music editor, Jason Harper, was there to review the show for Wayward Blog and posted these kind words...
"Olympic Size kicked it off just before 9. The slapdash mixing job the band did
before playing didn't hurt the six-piece's sound at all. Maybe it was
the wood deck underfoot, or maybe it was the canopy of trees. Maybe it
was the warm breeze and the high we Midwesterners get when our tenuous,
mostly cold spring resigns itself to the first caresses of summer. In
any case, with just a couple PA speakers and monitors and a few vocal
mics plus amps, they sounded great.
The mood cast was mellow. The dinner crowd -- most of whom, I
assume, were not regular followers of local music -- waded aurally into
the band's sound, probably not dipping below the surface, under which
lies a cinematic, blue world of rich complexity and depth. I've always
thought of the band as a friend to introspective moments, best suited
for a quiet, at-home listening session or a dark, intimate bar. Outside
at Californo's, O-Size played the role of pretty backdrop. They got up,
played some sweet tunes and left. Here's hoping the people who paid
attention -- and even those that didn't -- got a sense of unexpected
satisfaction, like a belly-warming glass of wine at the start of an
evening out."
Click the link below to read the full review of the show...
http://blogs.pitch.com/wayward/2009/06/wayward_weekender_olympic_size_in_the_pines_the_life_and_times.php
In other news... we have had many people asking for our full length debut "You'll Miss Me..." (which at this time is sold out), and have decided it is finally time to print more copies and to get the record online. We plan to do this before end of the summer (Labor Day is our official deadline), and hopefully will be able to have vinyl of the record to sell as well.
We thank everyone for their patience and promise we will keep you updated when we know the official re-release date.
As always, thanks for listening...
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Olympic Size