The songs on OH NO work together best when they are apart. In other words it's really hard to think of this as a cohesive album but each song stands on its own.
As has been pointed out a few times now by others, with single-song digital downloads, the idea of an album may be passing into the rearview mirror. And filler songs will be duly ignored. So, though the death of the album may be neareth, the quality of music may riseth.
Good evidence of that here.
Even their two-letter brevity, you know, rocks
Can we highlight a new sub-genre - Influence Rock? One that denotes a band that pulls obviously from their influences, but has a 1960s London Soho laid back sense of humor about it all (see their stylings on the CD sleeve) and, synergistically, becomes greater than the sum of its parts.
The Songs
1. Invincible
2. Do What You Want
3. Here It Goes Again
4. A Good Idea At The Time
5. Oh Lately It's So Quiet
6. It's A Disaster
7. A Million Ways
8. No Sign Of Life
9. Let It Rain
10. Crash The Party
11. Television, Television
12. Maybe, This Time
13. The House Wins
14. 9027 Km
(Total 41:46)
Tour Dates
Through 9/10 w/the Redwalls * 10/4 - 10/16 w/Brendan Benson 10/31-11/1 w/Rufus Wainwright
AUGUST
31 ::: Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe
SEPTEMBER
1 ::: Portland, OR - Dante's
6 ::: San Francisco, CA - Café Du Nord
7 ::: Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction
8 ::: San Diego, CA - The Casbah
9 ::: Hollywood, CA - The Roxy
10 ::: Tempe, AZ - Big Fish Pub
12 ::: Las Vegas, NV - The Beauty Bar
OCTOBER
4 ::: Edinburgh, Scotland - Liquid Rooms
5 ::: Newcastle, England - University
6 ::: Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street
7 ::: Liverpool, England - University Academy
9 ::: Leeds, England - Met University
10 ::: Wolverhampton, England - Wulfren Hall
11 ::: Nottingham, England - Rock City
13 ::: Cambridge, England - Junction
14 ::: London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire
15 ::: Brighton, England - Concorde II
16 ::: Exeter, England - Lemon Grove
31 ::: Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
NOVEMBER
1 ::: New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
Article comments
1 - LegendaryMonkey
Hmmm... sounds interesting. Might have to look it up on iTunes, since I won't lose anything by not getting the full album.
2 - Matt Slider
I had not heard OK Go but I figured I would try them out. Rock solid music, I didn't expect that. I expected mayeb two good songs but if you're a fan of any alternative rock with a hook then every song here is yours. Every lyric and beat is a hook. try it out, im hooked.