OH PEP! ANNOUNCES MORE CANADIAN TOUR DATES
AUSTRALIA DUO TO RELEASE DANIEL LEDWELL-PRODUCED DEBUT ALBUM RECORDED IN NOVA SCOTIA
STADIUM CAKE OUT JUNE 24 VIA DUALTONE/DINE ALONE RECORDS
“dark hearts buried in breezy melodies” CBC Music
LISTEN TO THE FIRST SINGLE “DOCTOR, DOCTOR” HERE
WORLD TOUR DATES BEGIN APRIL 6 WITH A STOP IN TORONTO ON JUNE 24
PERFORMANCES AT VANCOUVER FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL (JULY 15 -17) + CALGARY FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL (JULY 21 – 24) NOW ANNOUNCED
Olivia Hally and Pepita Emmerichs formed Oh Pep! while at music secondary school in Melbourne, Australia. With three EPs under their belt since 2012, Oh Pep!'s debut LP Stadium Cake is a coming of age for the duo, who have been touring internationally since early 2015. The album will be released June 24 on Dualtone/Dine Alone Records.
The duo recently released the first single off the forthcoming record titled "Doctor Doctor" which CBC Music called “immediately catchy” in this week’s Songs You Need To Hear, feature noting that the track “hits you right in the chest.” Stadium Cake will be released digitally, on CD, and vinyl, and fans can pre-order the album today via Dualtone. Oh Pep! will be on tour throughout the summer with Lake Street Dive, Basia Bulat, Lord Huron, and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, making a stop in Toronto on June 24 as well as just announced performances at The Vancouver Folk Music Festival (July 15-17) and The Calgary Folk Music Festival (July 21-24).
LISTEN TO THE FIRST SINGLE “DOCTOR, DOCTOR” HERE
Oh Pep! made a huge impact at October 2015's CMJ festival where KCRW chalked them up as one of their top artists that 'Won' CMJ, as did NPR's Bob Boilen, who proclaimed "The Melbourne band's music is infectious.Their harmonies are sweet, with lyrics that are thoughtful, deep, funny and poetic." After their performance at Nashville's AMAs, Pop Matters (who also included them in their top picks) described "Seeing Oh Pep! Is one of those times when the crowd realizes they're seeing future stars for the first time." Meanwhile in Canada, the band saw a song from its EP hit the national airwaves when it charted on the CBC Radio 2 Top 20. Shortly after, the band recorded NPR's Tiny Desk giving U.S. music fans a chance to see Pepita Emmerichs' virtuosic playing on both mandolin and violin and Olivia Hally's gorgeous voice and heartbreaking delivery. Now KEXP has named them one of 2016's "bands to watch."
WATCH OH PEP! PERFORM ON NPR’S TINY DESK CONCERT
Stadium Cake was recorded in Echo Lake, Nova Scotia in February and August of 2015 with producer, Daniel Ledwell. "It was such a joy to work with wunderkinds Oh Pep!,” says Ledwell. “When you have great songs and the creativity and talent to be innovative in the studio, it is hard not to have fun." Oh Pep! claims Ledwell “introduced us to a lot of exciting new sounds. It was also the first time we'd multi-tracked and he made the process fun and easy. Working at Lake Echo was really inspiring."
The band's obsession with good songs, regardless of genre or generation, has led them to write a record with limitless horizons. On first single "Doctor Doctor" Hally sings, "Where is the light, for me it's the darkest night" over a captivating beat, whilst Emmerichs plays a subtly driving and haunting violin line. It's this same light and dark that makes up the tapestry of Stadium Cake and encapsulates the duo’s unique collaboration. It's the yin and yang of their personalities that brings a tension to each unsuspecting pop song.
Now both aged 24, Oh Pep!'s Hally and Emmerichs have a big year ahead in 2016. It will see them tour Europe for the first time supporting Lake Street Dive, a headlining trek across North America and a triumphant return to their native Australia.
STADIUM CAKE - TRACK LISTING
1 Bushwick
2 Wanting
3 Crazy Feels
4 Doctor Doctor
5 Happenstance
6 The Situation
7 Tea, Milk & Honey
8 Only Everyone
9 Trouble Now
10 7 Babies
11 The Race
12 Afterwards
TOUR DATES
Apr 6 - The Jade Monkey, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Apr 8 - Northcote social club, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Apr 10 - The Polish Club, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Apr 13 - Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, NSW
Apr 14 - No. 5 Church St, Bellingen, NSW, Australia
Apr 15 - Oxford arts centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Apr 23 - CAFE DE LA DANSE, Paris, France*
Apr 25 - Komedia, Telscombe Cliffs, United Kingdom*
Apr 26 - Scala, London, United Kingdom*
Apr 28 - Whelans, Dublin, Ireland*
Apr 29 - Landmark, Bergen, Norway#
Apr 30 - Kägelbanan, Stockholme, Sweden#
May 1 - Smedjan, Tollered, Sweden#
May 2 - Revolver, Oslo, Norway#
May 3 - Mejeriet, Lund, Sweden#
May 4 - De Barras, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, Ireland
May 5 - Levis, Ballydehob, Co. Cork Ireland
May 6 - Ambigious Fiddle Presents: leap, Co.Cork, Ireland
May 7 - Roisin Dubh, Galway, Ireland
May 8 - Mullarkeys, Clifden, Co.Galway, Ireland
May 12 - After Dark, Dartington Hall, Tontes, Devon, UK
May 13 - Ruby lounge, Manchester, UK
May 14 - The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, Scotland
May 18 - The Greennote, London, UK
May 19-22 - The Great Escape, Brighton, UK
May 28 - Liverpool Sounds City, Liverpool, UK
Jun 2-5 - Primavara, Barcelona, Spain
Jun 6 - Fillmore Theatre, Philadelphia, PA+
Jun 7 - Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA+
Jun 8 - Red Hat Amphitheatre, Raliegh, NC+
Jun 24 - The Drake, Toronto, ON, Canada
Jun 29 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
Jul 7 - Jammin Java, Vienna, VA
Jul 8 - World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA
Jul 9 - Green River Festival, Northampton, MA
Jul 11 - Schubas, Chicago, IL
Jul 12 - Cedar Cultural Centre, Minneapolis, MN
Jul 15 – 17 – Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Vancouver, BC
Jul 21 – 24 – Calgary Folk Music Festival, Calgary, AB
Jul 25 - Mississippi Studios, Portland, ORJul 27 - Ricksaw Stop, San Francisco, CA
Jul 28 - Bootleg Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Jul 30 - Casbah, San Diego, CA
Aug 1 - Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO
Aug 3 - The Demo, St. Louis, MO
Aug 4 - High Watt, Nashville, TN
Aug 5 - Evening Muse, Charlotte, NC
Aug 6 - Cats Cradle, Carrboro, NC
MORE CANADIAN DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
* w/ Lake Street Dive
# w/ Basia Balut
+ w/ Lord Huron and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
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