GERMAN SONGWRITER, ROCK ‘N’ ROLL VAGABOND AND
Conny Ochs believes that the best stories are always the ones that nobody told yet. He seeks to envision signs of the world that are concealed to most
Ochs’ previous albums Raw Love Songs (2011), Black Happy (2013) and Future Fables (2016), illustrate his evolution from a blues/folk troubadour to an accomplished singer/songwriter. In his early days, he traversed the globe as a cliché of the lonesome rider, armed with a rugged dreadnought guitar.
Doom Folk closes a bracket around
Conny Ochs has also expanded his musical repertoire to include, bass, drums, percussion, and organs which all find their way into the sounds of Doom Folk, adding tonal urgency, distortion
Ochs pays further homage to American songwriting with his eclectic and uncompromising country track “Gun In The Cradle.” While “Drunken Monkey” is a rare pop song amidst his otherwise more familiar flair and radiance counterbalanced by the darkness of the almost-anthemic “Waiting For The Pain” and the shadowy blues of “All Too Bright”, which recalls the morbid prurience of Nick Cave. Melancholy, insanity, attrition
Fans of William Elliot Whitmore, Steve Von Till, Wino, Scott Kelly, Woodie Guthrie, could well enjoy Doom Folk
.Doom Folk will see release on LP, CD, and digital formats through Exile On Mainstream on February 15th. Find preorders and view the album trailer via the label’s website.
Doom Folk Track Listing:
1. Dark Tower
2. Crash And Burn
3. Hammer To Fit
4. King Of The Dead
5. Drunken Monkey
6. Moon
7. It’s All Too Bright
8. Crawling
9. Gun In The Cradle
10. Oracle
11. New Ruins
12. Sweet Delusion
Conny is booking live performances in support of Doom Folk, including the Exile On Mainstream 20th Anniversary Parties this year, April 4th through 7th at UT Connewitz in Leipzig, Germany, and on April 13th at Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands. The Leipzig show will feature a full band while Roadburn will be blessed with
CONNY OCHS LIVE DATES SO FAR:
04/04/2019 Objekt 5 – Halle/Saale, DE
07/04/2019 UT Connewitz – Leipzig, DE @ 20 Years Exile On Mainstream [info]
13/04/2019 Roadburn Festival – Tilburg, NL @ 20 Years Exile On Mainstream [info]
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