The core members of Chicago band Oh My God share a love for soulful rock. Billy O'Neill sounds a lot like Paul Young and organ player Ig can hit the keys of his instrument like a rocker, or caress them to make them purr like a cat. Their new album The Night Undoes the Work of the Day is best described as borderline AOR. They throw in a bit of funk to keep the audience on their toes - which not a problem when you have two guys in the band who can play bass.
The songs are standard AM friendly tunes, with a few notable exceptions. One Thing Leads To Another is a nice uptempo funk rocker with a howling organ and growling guitars, and nice interplay of the vocals and piano on My Own Adventure and Strangers On A Train (which might end up being used during the end titles of a long running soep opera series). Otherwise this album is, as Douglas Adams would say, mostly harmless.
Oh My God:
Billy O'Neill: vocals, bass
Ig: organ, vocals
Danny Yost: drums
Zach Verdoorn: bass, guitar, vocals
The Night Undoes the Work of the Day is released on Split Red Records.
Tracks:
- My Own Adventure
- My Prayer
- Bring Yourself
- Baby There's Nothin' Wrong (you just gotta go to work)
- I Don't Think It's So Funny (how time slips away)
- One Thing Leads To Another
- Baby, Dream
- My Juliet
- I Dare You To Love Me
- Strangers On A Train
MP3: Oh My God - My Own Adventure
Live dates:
- 10/09 Cactus Club, Milwaukee, WI
- 10/10 The House, Dekalb, IL
- 10/16 Howard’s Club H, Bowling Green, OH
- 10/17 Mohawk Place, Buffalo, NY
- 10/18 The Basement, Kingston, NY
- 10/19 The Space, Hamden, CT
- 10/20 M Room, Philadelphia, PA
- 10/21 CMJ @ Lit Lounge, NY, NY
- 10/22 Howler’s Coyote Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA
- 10/23 Mad Hatter, Covington, KY
- 10/24 Mac’s Bar, Lansing, MI
- 10/29 Founder’s Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI
- 10/30 Loading Dock, Traverse City, MI
- 10/31 University of Michigan, Flint (KIVA), Flint, MI
- 10/31 Rodney’s Loft, Flint, MI
- 12/04 Hideout, Chicago, IL
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