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"Red Light" is the first single to be taken from the forthcoming ODi debut album.

It will be released in Ireland on Friday July 3rd and the track will be available to download worldwide from iTunes and all good etailers from this date.

It features "Red Light" , "You Win but You Lose" also taken from the album and featuring Colm Mac Con Iomaire (The Frames, Swell Season) on violin. The CD is topped off with an acoustic version of "Real To Me" taken from a radio session with the lovely folk at elfm

The CD is €5 (or the equivalent in your currency in line with exchange rates!) this price includes postage and packaging to wherever you are in the world!

Go to www.myspace.com/odimusic now to order your copy of the CD now from the ODi shop powered by Paypal.

ODix

Hello!

Hope you all enjoyed the Easter weekend!

The recording of our debut album over the last four months has been a very creative and enjoyable process for all involved. We are feeling really positive about the results, and very excited about the times that lay ahead.

We have recorded in various magical locations around Ireland from Bastardstown to Monkstown (see a slideshow of some of the photos taken along the way on the myspace page http://www.myspace.com/odimusic).

We are now at the stage of adding the musical "hundreds and thousands" to the 14  songs we have recorded!

During the Easter week we had the great pleausure of working with a musical hero of ours, Colm MacConlomaire of The Frames / Swell Season, on string arrangements for four of the album tracks.

The time spent with Colm has really enabled us to explore further the songs and add another dimension to the overall sound of the album. A great talent and a true gent! Visit Colm's Myspace page at www.myspace.com/theharescorner 

With only a few bits an bobs left to do, the debut ODi album will be mixed and mastered by the end of April! Exciting times ahead!

Full details of release plans to follow but at the mo we are heading for a September Album Release in Ireland with first
single in June! (all releases will be available worldwide via itunes and our new website which is in the pipeline!)

So now to the hard bit! Choosing the album tracks and running order, oh and the
small matter of an Album title!....watch this space!

Gigs, gigs, gigs!

We are adding new dates to the myspace listings constantly so keep your eyes peeled! these are the dates we have confirmed so far!

APRIL

23rd      Cleere's                      Kilkenny  One Take Sessions

MAY

3rd         Hook Lighthouse        Wexford  Maritime Matters Festival

15th       Cypress Avenue         Cork       Supporting The 4 of Us

20th       Brudenell Social Club  Leeds     Supporting Portico Quartet

JUNE

5th         Furey's                        Sligo

7th         Mannions                    Balla

9th         Kenneys                     Lahinch         White Horse Sessions

10th       De Barra's                   Clonakilty     Sitting Room Sessions

12th       The Blackbird              Ballycotton

14th       Whelans (Upstairs)      Dublin

19th       McCarthy's                  Dingle

And on other exciting news! A Hot Chocolate debate!

No, not the band but a delivery of a small brown package that was received at ODi HQ this morning, after entering a competition to win a years supply of Dark Hot Chocolate, yours truly actually won! Although, we are currently debating if 6 plastic tubs does actually equal a years supply... not sure on that one, we will let you know after a year on the road and a cuppa every night before lights out!! Rock n Roll eh!? Do come along, free hot chocolate for everyone!!!

Bye for now!

Odi x

P.S. Check out the new animated video below for 'Crawl' created by Tutu Benson.

ODi - Crawl

How are yas!

So we made it over the Irish sea all in one piece, although poor old ‘Flash’ the car is looking a bit worse for wear and is unstylishly taped up on one side to prevent the window from disappearing into the depths of the door, never to be seen again. Oh such fun times.

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Anyways, we’re keeping ourselves busy and getting the album ready to lay down but fear not you wont have to wait too long to hear it. We’ll be putting up snippets on the brand new spanking website www.odimusic.co.uk as we go along just so you don’t forget us. Check it out if you get the chance and join up in the members area to catch all the gossip and latest freebies. Although I must warn those of you with internet explorer there’s a bit of a glitch in the system which is being dealt with but in case you’ve any probs just let me know.

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So some of you may know already but for those who don’t, we’re supporting Tom Baxter on Sunday night (Nov 23^rd) at Electric Avenue in Waterford..... I do believe there’s still some tickets left which you can get from www.ticketmaster.ie .

It should be a great gig, I’m really looking forward to it and just slightly nervous!

Talking about great gigs we’ve just been asked to support Eleanor McEvoy on 21^st Jan in Brazils Café Bar in Clonmel. Cant wait for that one either! Its good to be home! Dont know about tickets for that yet but will let ye know.

I better also mention that we’ll be celebrating the New Year in Ilkley at Pizza Express!! Should be good fun with a mixture of originals and covers, good people, good wine, good food and good times! Any requests, just let us know and we’ll give it a bash, quite literally and hopefully you'll be too drunk to notice!

Alrighty then, just a short message this time, will write again when we're a bit more settled and if we can find a broadband connection, its not easy you know! Thanks to everyone for all your lovely messages of support and well wishing, we’ll certainly miss you all especially in Leeds but we’ve already booked 3 return trips before the end of the year so it’ll be like we never left the place!

Take care of yourselves and hopefully we’ll see you out and about very soon!

Tarah for now!

Odi x

Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu….

Well, sort of! Some of you may know, others may not but we’ve decided the time has come to head off into the sun, well maybe not the sun exactly but we’re definitely heading ‘Into The West’. Unfortunately no magical horses will be involved on this trip but we will be bringing a little Jack Russel who’s known to strum a chord or 2 when ‘Dave the Rave’ is away working on his solo project with his homies! Word up bro!

Mo guitar

(I know it may seem like I have too much time on my hands but the alternative to this was filling out a tax return!)

Dave the rave

Ok so I admit photoshop’s not my forte but here’s a man that does know a thing or two about red eye reduction, bleaching and all that other photoshop madness taken at the recent gig we did with our friend Eoghan Colgan at the House Concerts gig in York.

Our last gig ( I seem to be saying that quite a lot recently) of the year will be with Marky Mark, that’s Mark Geary to you lot (www.markgeary.com) on 31^st Oct at The Stables in Mullingar. He’s a brilliant performer with plenty of good 'speel' and good tunes to back it all up with. Funnily enough on my recent solo trip down to London I pleasantly met a friend of Mark’s called Maria, who's a very talented person (see here www.myspace.com/mariaslovakovasounds)

and kindly took a few snaps and a video recording of ‘A Superman’ . See below!

Some reviews have just come in too so you can see if you agree or disagree!

Reviewer: Dan Hobson (Sept 2008)

Fresh from a thirty date Irish tour the ultra hard-working Wexford woman ODi is back in England for more gigs in aid of her latest release A Superman. Playing traditionally styled folk songs in a modern, cutting-edge way (I like that bit) ODi provides the listener with heartfelt, soulful songs that are perfect for winding down to.

The EP starts with title track A Superman and sets the mood brilliantly. With excellent chord progressions, perfectly sung vocal patterns and a bold string section this track builds flawlessly to its ultimate climax. With similarities to Dido and perhaps Sheryl Crow I'd say that anybody into mellow acoustic music will lap up ODi. Up next What You Deserve demonstrates how well these musicians gel together. With two beautiful guitar riffs playing and more perfectly sung vocals this track has some great melodies, a sensual vibe and is my standout on the EP. Tears & Wine is a poignant song that appears to be about ending a doomed relationship and drinking to forget about it. Lyrics such as like the pictures she paints, he left her black and blue show ODi at her most poetic. A Superman finishes with another live radio session of the slightly surreal Leaving My Love In New York. Summoning imagery of Autumnal city streets this is a smooth outro to an excellent CD.

There's a lot of acoustic artists out there at the minute, but ODi just seems to have that certain something that will hopefully make her stand out from the crowd. Worth a listen! ………..www.sheffieldmusic.com

More can be seen at www.myspace.com/odimusic

P.S. No animals were harmed in the making of this blog!

....is not the title of the next ODi song (although now you mention it...) but the name of the funniest T.V. program I've seen in a long time! So last week I was over in Roma for a few days at one of my best friend's wedding and whilst nursing a (very over indulged in red wine, white wine and any other coloured wine left on the table) sore head the next day I flicked on the telly and was engrossed by what I think may have been Italian karyoke (apologies to any Italian popstars on the show if this was not the case) and really badly mimed, even I noticed (I grew up thinking Top Of The Pops was live, ok)! For extra comedy factor the audience were also on stage singing (and miming) with the contestants who consisted of what looked like the singer's aunts, uncles, grannies and other various extended family members plus 2 extremely short-skirted cousins with cowboy hats and boots! I have no idea what was going on but it was the best cure for a sore head I've ever had, just brilliant! Has anyone else seen this or was I just having another Father Dougal moment??

Right, so whats going on back in the real world then? Well the Eps been selling nicely, thanks to everyone whose downloaded it, bought it, burnt it (naughty naughty, but ok, so long as you promise to come to a gig the next time) or sat on it. Cheers! If you dont know what the hec Im on about then check out the front page again and press a few buttons on the new frustratingly annoying player, you'll eventually get to it! Needless to say, but Im going to anyway, you can get it at the following gigs at bargain prices and even more so if you're good at haggling at which Im not (my haggling skills were taught to me at a very young age from watching 'The Life Of Brian' so you'll probably end up getting one for free).

Mission 1: Fancy a trip to Prague? If you click on this link it'll take you to a little competition we entered to go on tour in Prague, and you can come too whayhay!
http://www.overplay.com/PragueTour.asp

Mission 2: Say hello to Tom Robinson: This guy seems to be turning into the new John Peel and is giving us newbies a chance for their fans (that's you by the way) to get in touch with him and put forward a track or two  i.e. A SUPERMAN!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/tom_robinsons_introducing/recommend.shtml

Mission 3: Make a cuppa and have a listen to the new track 'Real To Me'!

Real To Me - Live on ELFM

ODi

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Ok thats enough dossing for now get back to work before your boss catches you, oh, whats that, oh, ok, you are the boss, well then go and make another cuppa and I'll have one too with a chocolate hob nob, thanks very much!

Odi xxxxx

Yes indeedy! The Brand New ODi EP is available to purchase as from today!

The 5 track " A Superman" EP features

i.    A Superman
ii.   What You Deserve
iii.  Tears and Wine
iv.  Crawl (acoustic live on Future Radio)
v.   Leaving My Love in New York (Live on KCLR 96 FM)

How to get your hands on "A Superman"!

Buy the "A Superman" EP limited edition CD Now by following the link on our myspace page (www.myspace.com/odimusic). Just £5.00 plus P&P(£1.50) and we will mail it to you wherever you are in the world! The store is powered by Paypal and is a safe and secure way to purchase online from any country. You can pay with All Major Credit and Debit Cards.

"A Superman" is also available to download alongside previous ODi releases from all major online stores including itunes, napster, emusic and rhapsody, just follow the link on myspace to download from itunes now!!

So go on! Get your hands on "A Superman" Today!!

ODi xx

P.S. Last chance to catch us in Dublin this year will be at Whelans, 20th August so hope to see you there!

So, what's happening then? Well the tour is underway and going rather smashingly well! We somehow managed to get our first national radio airplay on Tony Fentons show on Today FM last Friday and celebrated until the wee hours of 7.30am, rock 'n' roll, so will be in touch very soon asking you lovely lot to help us blag another play or two, although 'im not sure my liver or head could handle the celebrations afterwards!! Favourite gig so far has been at Sarsfields (Bagfull of Songs) in Drogheda and not just because we won a raffle prize of a collection of Cds (including a Metal Hammer Cd) which will keep us awake on our travels in 'The Flash' (pet name for the Renault clio) but mainly for the great crowd, great atmosphere and great music which was all organised by Tom, so a big thanks goes out to him and everyone else that joined in, including Mr Gary Stewart for jumping on the drums for an impromptu accompaniment!

On the 'Superman' side of things we are bringing the digital release date in Ireland forward a week to the 08.08.08! Oooh-er! Just because we seem to enjoy making life more difficult for ourselves on a regular basis these days and also because of it's apparent lucky and magical powers, well if it's lucky in China then that's good enough for me! So, all you Superhero wannabees out there (myself included) you'll have the chance to download the Ep a week earlier than previously planned. But even better than that, gig goers can get their supermitts on a CD at the following gigs...

23 Jul 2008     Roundys Bar , Tralee
27 Jul 2008     Ballyknockan Music Festival , Nr. Blessington
29 Jul 2008     The Sky & The Ground (Wexford Song Club)
30 Jul 2008     de Barras (Sitting Room Sessions) , Clonakilty, Co. Cork
31 Jul 2008     Deburgos (Underground acoustic) , Galway
1 Aug 2008     Whelans (supporting Chaplin) , Dublin
5 Aug 2008     Kenny’s Village Inn (The White Horse Sessions) , Lahinch
7 Aug 2008     The Bailey (The Black Light Sessions) , Enniscorthy
9 Aug 2008     Passion Fruit Theatre , Athlone
10 Aug 2008     An Uair Draiochta (106.4FM)
15 Aug 2008     The Clarence , Sligo
20 Aug 2008     Whelans (supporting Niall Colfer)
22 Aug 2008     McGinnitys Bar, Cavan

Lastly but not leastly, a few podcasts worth a mention. The first being on East Leeds FM which features a recording of the new song 'Real To Me', see here www.elfm.co.uk/2008/05/odi/  and a new podcast called Road Crew Radio (www.roadcrewcomic.com) hosted by the designer of the villainess picture on myspace (www.myspace.com.odimusic). Also worth a mention is a recent article in the Arran Voice which can be read here... 

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=50210237&albumID=1256899&imageID=36036970

Right that's enough of that for now,I’ll be asking ye to use your supermagical powers of persuasion to help us get some more radio play in the next few weeks so if you’ve got any hints or tips on who to pester then let us know!

Slan go foil!

Odi xxx

So I think we can safely say summer’s finally arrived, time to chuck out the woolly jumpers and hot water bottles and in with the flip flops, sun-creams and bikinis, well maybe that’s pushing it a bit but I’m feeling positive today so why the hell not! In fact, every day should be a flip-flop day in more ways than one! Hmm, I might just write a song about it, will get back to you on that one, or maybe not!

Right then, enough gibberish, what’s happening I hear you ask? Well, we’re just finalising the next Ep cover in all it’s Supermanlyness and getting it ready to send off to the ears of the nation. I hope you’ll like it and add it to your ODi CD collection!

Track listing will be:

(i)                 A Superman

(ii)               What You Deserve

(iii)             Tears & Wine

(iv)             Crawl (Acoustic)

(v)               Leaving My Love In New York (Acoustic)

It’ll be available for download and in actual CD format so whatever your preference there’ll be no excuses not to get your mitts on a copy or two or even a few!

Talking about downloads and free ones at that, get yourselves over to www.wovenwheatwhispers.co.uk and check out the featured releases section. Here you will find Various Artists - Showcase Sessions 1: Songsmiths which is a selection of singer/songwriter tunes put together for you to enjoy for free! It also includes the recent ‘Crawl’ b-side ‘Don’t Let Me Fall’, so what you waiting for, give it a click!

On another folky note, ‘What You Deserve’ is currently ‘MP3 of the week’ on The Durbervilles BBC Leeds Radio Show which you can listen to until Sunday on the BBC Leeds website. A big thanks goes out to the lads for the mention!

Next up to mention are gigs, gigs and more gigs! This month we will be hitting the following places so if any are in your town, do come down and show some love or even a handshake!

8 May 2008 The Racket @The Old Queens Head, London

10 May 2008 Acosutic Revolution @ Whitelocks, Ma Gamps Bar, Leeds

18 May 2008 The Lounge, Leeds

23 May 2008 Eden Lodge, Isle Of Arran

26 May 2008 Feed The Monkey @ jrink soho, London

31 May 2008 Night & Day Cafe (Hide & Seek Festival), Manchester

Lastly, a quick mention of our recent trip to the Isle of Arran (see pic). We hopped over to a fundraising concert to help raise some pennies for a new hospice on Arran. Unfortunately as it has made front page news in The Arran Voice paper, we will be wearing heavy shades and big hats on our next Arran visit, along with an Alsation body guard in tow, well maybe just a ginger Jack Russel who think’s she’s an Alsation, which is just as scary when she wants a chew!

Arran

RIghtyo, thats enough talking from me for this month, enjoy yourselves in the sun, stay happy and see you soon!

Odi xxx

Greetings earthlings!

Yes the time is fast approaching when 'A Superman' will be coming soon to a town near you, so you better have those red pants at the ready to wear them loud and proud! The official release date for the E.P. will be July 25th in Ireland but tour followers will have the exclusive chance to get their hands on it prior to this. Preparations are underway as we speak to hit Ireland in July/August followed by the UK in September.

But before all the madness begins we will be playing a few gigs this month starting with a 'Cool Acoustics' gig at Royal Park Cellars on the 17th with Rachel Cook+Jen Armstrong+Sam&Anna. £3. Then we head down south again on the 20th for a gig at The Gardening Club (Covent Garden) who told us they would be giving out free muffins, so if you're feeling peckish Sunday afternoon at around 3.45pm, you know where to go! Other acts on the afternoon will be Andy Moore + Andrew Foster + Rosie Doonan + Lester Clayton + Gary Stewart + The Cellar Door Sound. Finally this month we will be live on the air, ie East Leeds FM to be exact on Sunday 27th (check out www.elfm.co.uk for more details).

Lastly, here's a recent review of the single from 'The Music Review'!

'What You Deserve'

REVIEW

Odi (short for Claire Odium fact finders) is an ex-pat Irish girl now based in the UK. She is a singer/songwriter who manages to blend elements of Joan Armatrading's pathos, Beth Orton's eye for the quirky and deep with a touch of Dido's bedsit romance. She has released a new single, 'What You Deserve' a slow, soulful slice of folk/indie cross-over. Odi has a distinctive raw and in equal measure, fragile voice that is magnetic and immensely listenable. The single reminds me of 'Love and Affection' by the aforementioned Joan Armatrading and oozes warmth and intimacy. All this talent and good looks too - so why isn't she signed? Well with the raft of gigs coming up in  the UK and Ireland and the quality of the single, you'd think it wasn't far off.

Review by Drumhead

Rank: ***** 5 out of 6