Today, O. โ the London-based duo of baritone saxophonist Joe Henwood and drummer Tash Keary โ have shared a muscular new single titled โ176โ. The track is taken from their highly anticipated debut album WeirdOs, which was announced earlier this year and is due out June 21 via Speedy Wunderground.
Honing their fearless sound through a residency at Brixtonโs iconic venue The Windmill, as well as on support slots across the UK and Europe with fellow heavyweights black midi and Gilla Band, O. have now distilled their unique live energy into their debut album, โWeirdOsโ.
Coming hot on the heels of last Novemberโs debut EP โSLICEโ โ which won enthusiastic support from DIY, Dork, NME, Louder, and Rough Trade โ and once again featuring production from Dan Carey, โWeirdOsโ is Tash and Joe at their most raucous and free.
Across 10 tracks of high-octane instrumentals recorded live to tape, the duo encompasses everything from cathartic dancefloor drops, to junglist breakbeats, intricate jazz lines, and sludgy, menacing doom metal.
Following on the heels of their lead single โGreen Shirtโ, which was given its first play on Mary Anne Hobbsโ BBC Radio 6 Music show, the new single โ176โ sees the duo combining their heavier sensibilities with their more groove inflected hip-hop influences to create something both colossal and danceable.
Speaking on the single, the band say it was written โin tribute to the 176 night bus and the unpredictable journeys on board. Always a banger live, we feel like weโve captured that heavy energy on record with some help from Dan Careyโs distortion machines.
Stream โ176โ via all platforms HERE
Going on to speak about the album, the band says, โWeirdOs is a dark, heavy album based around our love of riffy basslines, blast beats, dub, noise, and all the weird sounds in between. It was recorded live across 2 weeks in the studio with Dan Carey and aims to replicate the feeling of being at one of our gigs.โ
