"Am I too old to wear this Megadeth tee? / How could anyone / After all these years / Still like me?"
Listening to the title track of Sacramento, California based Oh Lonesome Ana's newest 2022 album "MEG/\DETH TEE" in my office with my small but potent M-Audio speakers cranked up, the song reflecting nicely off walls and bouncing directly into my heart is a nice feeling indeed. Like all their songs Oh Lonesome Ana doesn't just wear their emotions on their sleeves but wear them like a heavy woolen coat in the heat of summer. Like an indie rock cruncher with folk garden rock underpinnings like an amalgam of 70's folk rock stalwart Jackson Browne and emotional indie rock icons Built to Spill (or thereabouts) there is light and dark sonically, slide guitar adornments, interwoven musical splashes of grace, Evan Bailey's forlorn somber vocals with beautiful harmony accompaniments by bassist Ashley Maiden and some truly potent double lead guitars break that cuts through multiple rock genres. Heavenly heaviness and pure emotionalism all tied up together.
The words seem to exist as bruised tentacles that can no longer reach out but just hang there. These passages stick to me:
[We were in love / But we were a mess / We had a dog / But we were manic depressed / I punched through a wall / I cried on the phone / I moved to New York / Low and alone / The last one riding the L train / I sang angry "angry again"...]
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Oh Lonesome Ana is Evan Bailey (Lead vox, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion), Ashley Maiden (Bass Guitar, Vocals), Jacob Bradford (Guitar) and Zach Peach (Drums, Percussion).
-Robb Donker Curtius
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THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.facebook.com/ohlonesomeana
https://twitter.com/OhLonesomeAna
https://ohlonesomeana.bandcamp.com/album/no-kind-of-god
https://www.instagram.com/ohlonesomeana/
“Hey,
Sorry for the delay in my response to your album preview, I’m traveling but it’s given proper road-tripping time to listen to your songs.
Your lyrics are always just so moving: "real" or "raw" or "cutting" come to my mind when I think of how to describe them. I don't know if they're autobiographical and always from a place of life reflection (that's how my stuff comes out) or if you write creative, fictional narratives, but your songs are gut-wrenching. I said this before, but "I've Got Your Blood" and "Megadeth Tee" in particular are easily on repeat for me, both intentionally and in my head when I'm not even listening. I love dissecting the words and piecing the movie together in my mind. "I'm Glad You Got Out (But I Miss You)," and "To Feel So Small (Hello Me, It's Me Again)" are other standouts for me. I like our mutual appreciation for parenthetical song titles, btw.
Needless to say, the entire recording is beautiful, energizing, and easy to keep on loop. You have this way of making heavy and dark songs still catchy and fun—and that's something I think is really difficult to do well. The production, your own song swells, and the background vox are pro, as expected, but—again—it's your song lyrics that kill me every time.
I love it. Thank you for thinking to share it with me.”
-Linda Sao
** At this particular time we find ourselves in a financial pinch due to many factors. We want to keep AP going. It has been a passion project for over 13 years. PLEASE consider donating, we could really use the support. Thanks so much
We get by with a little help from our friends
Oh Lonesome Ana, indie rock, alt rock, garden rock, emotional stories, somber core, "MEG/\DETH TEE", folk rock underpinnings, slide guitar, alt country, ballads, new album, Sacramento, California,
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THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.facebook.com/ohlonesomeana
https://twitter.com/OhLonesomeAna
https://ohlonesomeana.bandcamp.com/album/no-kind-of-god
https://www.instagram.com/ohlonesomeana/
“Hey,
Sorry for the delay in my response to your album preview, I’m traveling but it’s given proper road-tripping time to listen to your songs.
Your lyrics are always just so moving: "real" or "raw" or "cutting" come to my mind when I think of how to describe them. I don't know if they're autobiographical and always from a place of life reflection (that's how my stuff comes out) or if you write creative, fictional narratives, but your songs are gut-wrenching. I said this before, but "I've Got Your Blood" and "Megadeth Tee" in particular are easily on repeat for me, both intentionally and in my head when I'm not even listening. I love dissecting the words and piecing the movie together in my mind. "I'm Glad You Got Out (But I Miss You)," and "To Feel So Small (Hello Me, It's Me Again)" are other standouts for me. I like our mutual appreciation for parenthetical song titles, btw.
Needless to say, the entire recording is beautiful, energizing, and easy to keep on loop. You have this way of making heavy and dark songs still catchy and fun—and that's something I think is really difficult to do well. The production, your own song swells, and the background vox are pro, as expected, but—again—it's your song lyrics that kill me every time.
I love it. Thank you for thinking to share it with me.”
-Linda Sao
** At this particular time we find ourselves in a financial pinch due to many factors. We want to keep AP going. It has been a passion project for over 13 years. PLEASE consider donating, we could really use the support. Thanks so much
We get by with a little help from our friends
Oh Lonesome Ana, indie rock, alt rock, garden rock, emotional stories, somber core, "MEG/\DETH TEE", folk rock underpinnings, slide guitar, alt country, ballads, new album, Sacramento, California,
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