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The Action Album! by Oh My God
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fave it Modern Rock | Hard Rock
13 tracks | 48 minutes
Released Dec 2006
on NoVo Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:02 Action lyrics BUY MP3 02:02 Action lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:02 Action
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:58 The Beauty of Servitude lyrics BUY MP3 02:58 The Beauty of Servitude lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:58 The Beauty of Servitude
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:54 The Weather lyrics BUY MP3 02:54 The Weather lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:54 The Weather
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:05 Reading Stones lyrics BUY MP3 03:05 Reading Stones lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:05 Reading Stones
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:09 Aura lyrics BUY MP3 03:09 Aura lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:09 Aura
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:00 14 lyrics BUY MP3 03:00 14 lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:00 14
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:42 Go, Team lyrics BUY MP3 03:42 Go, Team lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:42 Go, Team
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:51 Burn, Burn, Burn lyrics BUY MP3 02:51 Burn, Burn, Burn lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:51 Burn, Burn, Burn
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:24 That Fight lyrics BUY MP3 02:24 That Fight lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:24 That Fight
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:35 The Uptown Lumber lyrics BUY MP3 03:35 The Uptown Lumber lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:35 The Uptown Lumber
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:00 x10 lyrics BUY MP3 06:00 x10 lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:00 x10
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 10:11 Letter 12/98 lyrics BUY MP3 10:11 Letter 12/98 lyrics "GIFT MP3" 10:11 Letter 12/98
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:38 Where Are We? lyrics BUY MP3 02:38 Where Are We? lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:38 Where Are We?
Keyboard-drenched hard rock with a massive backbeat. Brought full circle with a fearless artistic vocalist to create an unmatched intensity.
Editorial review
Organ-bass-drums trio Oh My God manages to generate a lot of noise on their second self-released CD, The Action Album!. Keyboard player Iguana sets up most of the racket, playing his organ as if it were a heavily distorted electric guitar much of the time, though drummer Zach Nold is left plenty of space in the mix and singer Bill O'Neill drops in some bass guitar here and there. The result is still a spacious sound, but a frequently harsh one. The Chicago-based band seems to have been listening to a couple of decades' worth of Midwest art rock predecessors -- including Devo, Pere Ubu, and Suicide -- and in their lyrics they often take a quirky, ironic tone sometimes reminiscent of Steely Dan, that is, when they're not being deliberately obscure. The intention here is to create a unique context that requires no explanation beyond itself. Why do all the song titles and all the lines of the lyrics end in exclamation marks (except the ones that end in question marks)? Why do songs take sudden right angles halfway through and develop different (though still rudimentary) melodies? Because they do. On the last two tracks, "Letter 12/98!" and "Where Are We?," Oh My God dispenses with even a modicum of conventional musicality. The former track, which runs over ten minutes, finds O'Neill reciting a mundane letter before giving way to extended industrial sounds, while the latter alternates a solo piano figure with a sound reminiscent of a sonar blip. Oh My God is in no danger of reaching a mainstream audience with such work, but there is a more limited audience for the avant-garde that will enjoy it. ({/www.ohmygodmusic.com}.) ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Sounds like a Christian-rock band? It's not. But oh my god doesn't have a notarized contract on file at the devil's office, either. THIS CHICAGO ROCK BAND IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH GOD OR SATAN (though the band admires both their work).
No, oh my god is an Earthbound rock band--a killer one. Billy O'Neill (vocals/bass), Ig (organ/vocals) and Bish (drums/vocals) can out-punk, out-pop and out-rock 'em all, and they're doing that one show and one album at a time.
Formed in late '99, this utterly unique organ-bass-drums trio unleashes captivating tones and razor-sharp hooks in song after striking song...from the piano-driven pop of "February 14" and "There Goes the World" to the raucous rock of "The Uptown Lumber" and "Pearls of Wisdom.
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