Odonis Odonis share video for “Highnote,” new album out today

On tour now

VIDEO: “Highnote“

Directed by Dean Tzenos of Odonis Odonis

Toronto’s Odonis Odonis is not the sort of band that can be easily pigeonholed. Their new album ‘Hard Boiled Soft Boiled‘ (out today on Buzz Records) is split in two distinct halves – the first contains their unique brand of industrial noise rock, the second showcases their dreamier, more melodic side. The album is now available to purchase digitally and on silkscreened vinyl via Bandcamp.

To celebrate today’s album release, Odonis Odonis share the video for “Highnote.” Directed by Odonis Odonis’ Dean Tzenos, the video follows a lovesick female astronaut as she leaves earth to find companionship on another planet. Stream the video on AV Club. 

Odonis Odonis are in the middle of their US/CAN tour. Full tour dates listed below, more TBA.

Tour Dates:

April 16 Durham, NC – The Pinhook
April 18 Athens, GA – World Famous
April 19 Atlanta, GA – Mammal Gallery
April 20 New Orleans, LA – Circle Bar
April 21 Austin, TX – Mohawk (Inside)
April 22 Dallas, TX – Club DaDa
April 23 Little Rock, AR – Vino’s
April 25 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge

+ w/ Weaves
* w/ Hellshovel, PyPy, Tonstartssbandht
~ w/ Yamantaka Sonic Titan

MORE DATES TBA

Bio:

Born out the same Toronto DIY scene that spawned Metz/Soupcans/HSY/Greys, Odonis Odonis cut their teeth at the now defunct Buzz Garage, where they built a solid foundation as a crushing live band.

Onstage, Tzenos (vocals, guitar) is flanked by Denholm Whale (bass) and Jarod Gibson (drums). The live show is the point where their diverging influences and hypnotic visual aesthetic collide.

2011’s Hollandaze showcased the band’s ability to create something that was uniquely theirs out of a patchwork of influences as disparate as surf, industrial and old b-movie horror films. No one label fit, so “industrial surf-gaze” was coined.

The group returned in 2013 with their Better EP, upping the intensity of their frantic post-punk by focusing in on their talent for tuneful abrasion.

Hard Boiled Soft Boiled finds Odonis Odonis pushing their sound into new territory, because much like the hypnotic spiral that came to be associated with the band’s debut recordHollandaze, Odonis Odonis do not follow a linear path.

Label: 

Buzz Records was founded in 2011 as a garage venue that hosted mostly local punk and noise bands, and soon grew into a cross-genre hub of local and touring acts like White Lung, Doldrums, Mood Rings, and Odonis Odonis. Since the demise of the venue in late 2012, the Buzz crew of Ian Chai, Dean Tzenos, and venue co-founders Denholm Whale and Jude have been dedicated to releasing music that has come out of this small, dirty pocket of Toronto. Buzz has recently released music by Weaves, Odonis Odonis and HSY.

Odonis Odonis
Hard Boiled Soft Boiled
[Buzz Records] Street Date: April 15, 2014

Track List:

1. Tension
2. Are We Friends
3. Order In The Court
4. New Obsession
5. Breathing Hard
6. Mr. Smith
7. Release
8. Angus Mountain
9. Office Sluts
10. Highnote
11. Transmission From The Moon
12. Alexa Wait