Here are the last dates of the Fall '09 oh my god tour (down below on this page; more details at facebook.com/ohmygodmusic and www.ohmygodmusic.com). Tell everyone. Also tell them to get the beautiful new oh my god album, The Night Undoes the Work of the Day, at www.splitredrecords.com (it's also at iTunes). Here, before the showdates, are some reviews:
"Incredibly well-balanced...triumphantly cathartic, with both soft-boiled and hard-hitting pop tunes that make you wonder if a band can intimidate, party and weep at the same time. Billy O’Neill shines as both a rock frontman and an introspective pop balladeer....Captivating."
-Metromix
"This Chicago-based combo continues to juggle eccentric art rock, grimy blues and pop songcraft in unusually affecting ways...a disarmingly emotional statement of 10 songs that explore the struggle and strife of day-to-day living...elegant melodies...a sly, plainspoken artfulness....The gorgeously mopey I Don't Think It's So Funny (How Time Slips Away) sports a baroque space-rock sensibility, while Baby, Dream alternates between wistful longing on the verses and galloping energy on the choruses."
-Tucson Weekly
"What sets it apart is organ. Oh My God's dynamic, dare-we-call-them-groovy songs drip with thick clusters of keys in addition to distorted bass and no shortage of impeccable pop craftsmanship."
-Denver Westword
"Might very well be the album of their career...awash in sentiment, humor and poignancy...O'Neill and Ig have the kind of harmonic symbiosis that suggests everyone from Difford and Tillbrook to Strummer and Jones and their harmonious union is one of the great musical partnerships around...loaded with sadness and stirring meditations that are informed by questions of longing and mortality, but Oh My God have figured out a way to find the humor in all this serious stuff. This is powerful and knowing work, fueled by a big, big heart and tons of hope."
-Caught in the Carousel
10/16/2009 Bowling Green OH USA Howard's Club H
10/17/2009 Buffalo NY USA Mohawk Place
10/18/2009 Kingston NY USA The Basement
10/19/2009 Hamden CT USA The Space All Ages!
10/20/2009 Philadelphia PA USA M Room (Manhattan Room)
10/21/2009 New York NY USA CMJ: Lit Lounge, 8:45 p.m.!
10/22/2009 Pittsburgh PA USA Howler's Coyote Café
10/23/2009 Covington KY USA Mad Hatter
10/24/2009 Lansing MI USA Mac's Bar 18 & up
10/29/2009 Grand Rapids MI USA Founder's Brewing Co.
10/30/2009 Traverse City MI USA Loading Dock
10/31/2009 Flint MI USA U. of Michigan, Flint, University Center, KIVA (1st Fl.) All Ages, with the Hard Lessons and more! 7 p.m.
10/31/2009 Flint MI USA Rodney's Loft 18 & up 11 p.m.
Big, sudden (but most welcome) smooches,
oh my god
"Besides exterminating the devil, your other dream is to be loved for who you are. A true priest is never loved. The church doesn’t care a whit whether you’re loved, my son. Be respected, obeyed. Keep order all day long knowing full well disorder will win out tomorrow, because in this sorry world, the night undoes the work of the day."
-From The Diary of a Country Priest (1951)