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- Date Released: September 10, 2007
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock
- Label: HHBTM / IODA
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Though Bearsuit have been active since 2001, Oh: Io is only their second proper album. (2005's Team Ping Pong was a compilation of single and EP tracks.) Six years on, the band's dizzying blend of influences, from Deerhoof-like hyperactive noise-rock spazz-outs ("Jupiter Force (Recruitment Video)," "Dinosaur Heart") to horn-driven new wavish pop with male/female vocals ("More Soul Than Wigan Casino," oddly reminiscent of Dexys Midnight Runners circa Searching for the Young Soul Rebels) to lush semi-orchestral twee pop like a more energetic version of Belle & Sebastian (album highlight "Steven F***ing Spielberg") makes as little logical sense as ever. And yet the seven-piece, multi-instrumentalist collective somehow manage to cohere their disparate influences just enough to make Oh: Io an often thrilling and only occasionally exasperating listen. At times, the band veers a little too far towards incoherent noise, especially when keyboardist and singer Lisa Horton starts shrieking at the top of her range, but most songs on Oh: Io are a little more carefully structured than the band's early efforts, with a stronger focus on arrangements and orchestration than before on songs like the impressively over the top sci-fi chamber pop "Miss IO Must Not Fail" and the brash, spunky dance-rock of "Foxy Boxer." Fans of similarly eclectic acts like Envelopes, Family Fodder, or Architecture in Helsinki will find much to enjoy here.
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Jupiter Force (Recruitment Video) |
2:16 |
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| 02. | |
More Soul Than Wigan Casino |
2:12 |
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| 03. | |
Steven F***ing Spielberg |
3:53 |
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| 04. | |
Dinosaur Heart |
2:26 |
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| 05. | |
Keep It Together, Somehow |
2:11 |
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| 06. | |
Look a Bleached Coral Faced Crow With Jewels for Eyes |
2:40 |
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| 07. | |
Foxy Boxer |
2:34 |
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| 08. | |
The Love Will Never Find You |
2:45 |
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| 09. | |
Hark! the Feral Children |
1:44 |
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| 10. | |
Shh Get Out |
1:26 |
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| 11. | |
Miss IO Must Not Fail |
4:11 |
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| 12. | |
Stay Alive |
1:20 |
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12 Total Tracks, 29:38 Total Length
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Credits
- Jane Robertson - Group Member // Owen Turner - Percussion // Owen Turner - Vocals // Owen Turner - Producer // Mark Jennings - Percussion // Mark Jennings - Vocals // Iain C. Ross - Group Member // Doug Shearer - Mastering // Lisa Horton - Group Member
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