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Today, O. – the London-based duo of baritone saxophonist Joe Henwood and drummer Tash Keary – have shared a muscular new single titled ‘176’. The track is taken from their highly anticipated debut album ‘WeirdOs’, which was announced earlier this year and is due out 21st June via Speedy Wunderground.

Honing their fearless sound through a residency at Brixton’s 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, ‘WeirdOs’. Coming hot on the heels of last November’s debut EP “SLICE” – which won enthusiastic support from DIY, Dork, NME, Louder, and Rough Trade - and once again featuring production from Dan Carey, ‘WeirdOs’ 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.

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Following on the heels of their lead single ‘Green Shirt’, which was given its first play on Mary Anne Hobbs’ BBC Radio 6 Music show, the new single ‘176’ 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 “in tribute to the 176 night bus and the unpredictable journeys on board. Always a banger live, we feel like we've captured that heavy energy on record with some help from Dan Carey's distortion machines.

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Going on to speak about the album, the band says, “WeirdOs 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.”

Alongside the single, the band have also announced a run of EU / UK live dates. The dates come on the heels of the band’s successful first US shows and include an appearance at Manchester Psych Fest. Tickets will go on sale at 10am BST on Friday 12th April – here

15/05 Festival Pelpass, Strasbourg
18/07 Dour Festival, Dour
27/07 WOMAD Festival, Malmesbury
28/07 Deer Shed Festival, Topcliffe
31/08 Manchester Psych Fest, Manchester (already announced)
01/09 Edinburgh Psych Fest, Edinburgh (already announced)
04/09 Rich Mix, London
17/09 Aeronef, Lille
18/09 Point Ephémère, Paris
20/09 Reeperbahn, Hamburg
21/09 Schokoladen, Berlin
24/09 Doka, Amsterdam
25/09 Witloof Bar, Brussels