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I’m pleased to announce the pending release of a new EP:

Erotic One is the first in a small series of EPs to be issued over the next couple of months. The premise of these EPs is twofold:

First: The EPs are intended as a companion to the full length album released on Radio-Active-Music earlier this year, All I Ever Wanted. If All I Ever Wanted is like a tunnel through some of life’s darker feelings, these EPs are the light at the end of that tunnel. Erotic One and it’s future companions are here to make you laugh, make you dance, and maybe more…

Second: I wanted to pay tribute to one of my favorite eras in pop music. I’ll call it 1979-1984. I spent the better part of my teen years in used record shops up and down the east coast, taking hours at a time to dig through crate after crate of records, searching for gems from my favorite new wave, new romantic, and synth pop artists. Maybe it’s my perception, but I feel like it was much more commonplace at that time for bands to release singles and EPs: small groups of tracks that may or may not fit the general theme of a record, along with scads of incredible remixes.

Erotic One is like the digital equivalent of those 12 inch records I used to love so much. This time, instead of blowing dust off an old record and painstakingly placing the needle, all you have to do is download these tracks and load them on your mp3 player.

For those that are interested in a preview, we’ve uploaded a remix of one of the Erotic One tracks to our bandcamp page as a FREE single. Click below to check out “Make It Stop (I Scream Edit).”

Lyrics for all of the tracks on Erotic One can also now be found on the lyrics page. The EP will be released first on our bandcamp page starting Thursday, 10/20, with other vendors (iTunes, Amazon mp3, et al) to follow.

Greetings lovelies,

We’ve created a Facebook Group to initiate the beginnings of an Oh So street team.

Rather than a simple collective of fans, the intent is to foster direct contact and interaction between Oh So and our fans. In exchange for helping to promote upcoming Oh So shows and releases, we will offer free, discounted, and wherever possible EXCLUSIVE merchandise and music.

Our first Street Team campaign will be to promote the September 6th Charlottesville Va show with Autumn Cannibals. Join this facebook group now to help take part in the promotion. We will post details for the campaign on Saturday August 13th.

S/t

You can now find OH SO on ReverbNation by clicking below:

ReverbNation is a place where we can post tracks for you to listen to, as well as information about upcoming gigs. At the time of this writing, the listing of our profile currently resides at number 22 for our local area… You can help us increase that number by visiting the profile, checking out what we’ve posted, and listening to the tracks on their music player.

S/t

Hello Lovelies,

I’m very pleased to announce that we’ll be playing a gig with AUTUMN CANNIBALS, side project of Jeff Diehm, vocalist for the legendary band THE LAST DANCE on September 6th:

Please feel free to “borrow” this graphic for use on your personal social networking profiles and blogs.

This will be a special gig for a number of reasons. First and foremost, this will be the only non-DragonCon appearance of AUTUMN CANNIBALS on the east coast this year. Second, we have been invited by Jeff to accompany him for a number of songs in his set. He may have also agreed to play a couple THE LAST DANCE songs with us as well… Needless to say, this is not a night to be missed!

We’re in the brainstorming stage for the creation of a new OH SO STREET TEAM, where we will offer free or discounted music and merchandise, exclusive wherever possible, to fans who help us promote our live appearances and releases. This show will likely be the trial run for this program… so stay tuned for more information.

S/t

We are very pleased to announce that we’ll be supporting BELLA MORTE at The Southern Cafe & Music Hall on June the 25th at the CD release for their new album BEFORE THE FLOOD. BEFORE THE FLOOD features artwork by Marshall Camden, who also put together the art for our debut album ALL I EVER WANTED.

Saturday June 25th
The Southern Cafe and Music Hall
Charlottesville Va
8pm. $6 in advance, $8 at the door.
Buy Tickets Online

434 Available NOW at Bandcamp for the special price of $4.34.

434 is a special digital EP release featuring remixes and outtakes from the debut album ALL I EVER WANTED. You can buy it NOW at Bandcamp for the special price of $4.34. iTunes, AmazonMP3, and other vendors coming soon.

Greetings lovelies,

We’ve been locked in the studio working devilishly hard on a pair of digital EP releases for this summer. The sound of these EPs explore a territory that was only hinted at subtly on ALL I EVER WANTED, and it’s something we’re quite excited to share with you. Additional vocals on these EPs will be provided by Leia Manuel of the Charlottesville, VA indie band Tragic Chemistry.

Unfortunately about halfway through tracking the vocals for the first EP, I was diagnosed with an infection in my lingual tonsils that left me unable to speak, let alone sing. Recovery is progressing, albeit slowly, but in the meantime production had to be put on hold. I decided to spend the downtime polishing off some remixes from ALL I EVER WANTED. Inspiration struck, and before I knew it there were a stack that I felt good about releasing. The result is the coming EP we’ve decided to call 434.

The tentative track list for this release is:
1. All I Ever Wanted (Gothic Version)
2. This Mistake (Frozen)
3. Temptation Floor (Tempted)
4. Turn
5. Lack Of Sleep

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In sad news, the Virginia gothic/industrial music scene lost one of it’s brightest lights last Thursday with the passing of Bryce Liddle, bassist for the band Freak Flag and also known to many in local dance clubs as DJ Belway. Charlottesville’s goth night Umlaut put together an event on April 26th, both to celebrate his memory and to raise funds to offset the cost of the funeral. I can’t adequately describe how it felt to be there. Indeed, words seem too cheap as I try to string them together. I had the honor of performing a song for Bryce that night, which was captured on a few cell phone video cameras. Here is the resulting performance, for all of you that could not be there.

Until next time,
JJ

Reviews have started to pop up for our debut album, ALL I EVER WANTED, out now via Radio-Active-Music. If you have reviewed the record and want us to know, make sure you send an email to the press email address listed in the sidebar!

Horrorshow Radio Reviews ALL I EVER WANTED.

Grave Concerns E-Zine Reviews ALL I EVER WANTED.

A Note to everyone who participated in the pre order for our debut album, ALL I EVER WANTED, on Radio-Active-Music.com:

An unexpected and unavoidable delay occurred during the production of the CDs which has prevented them from being shipped to you before now. We will have CDs at tonight’s release party at R2, inside Rapture Restaurant in Charlottesville VA; doors are at 10pm and the cost is $5. If you come to the release party tonight, we wll have a list of everyone that participated in the pre order and can pass along your copy of ALL I EVER WANTED, and Radio-Active-Music will refund your prepaid shipping charges.

Thank you all for your pre order! We hope that you have been able to download and listen to the album and two bonus EPs. If you haven’t, please do, because the downloads will expire at midnight tonight!

You helped to make this one of the best CD pre orders that Radio-Active-Music has done in some time.

We can’t wait to see you all tonight.

You can pre order the debut album, All I Ever Wanted, right now via Radio Active Music. US and International orders are accepted! Your pre order will give you immediate access to a download of the entire album in 320kps mp3 format, as well as four bonus tracks. Four more bonus tracks will be made available to those that pre order on the day of the release.

Click here to pre order