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...
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!
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.
| 17 Apr 2008 | Royal Park Cellars, Leeds |
| 20 Apr 2008 | Jealous of the Daylight @The Gardening Club, London |
| 27 Apr 2008 | East Leeds FM |
| 4 May 2008 | The Royal Park Cellars (The Music Guru Charity Gig), Leeds |
| 10 May 2008 | Acoustic Revolution @ Whitelocks, Ma Gamps Bar, Leeds |
| 23 May 2008 | Eden Lodge, Isle Of Arran |
| 26 May 2008 | Feed The Monkey @jrink soho, London |
| 30 May 2008 | Hide & Seek Festival, Manchester |
| 21 Jun 2008 | Greenfarm Festival, Munich |
| 22 Jun 2008 | Kilians Irish Pub, Munich |
| 27 Jun 2008 | The Acoustic Kitchen, Sandringham |
| 2 Jul 2008 | Brazil’s Cafe Bar, Clonmel |
| 6 Jul 2008 | The Purty Sessions, Dun Laoghaire |
| 10 Jul 2008 | Cleeres (One Take Sessions), Kilkenny |
| 11 Jul 2008 | McCarthys Bar (The Invisible Pub), Youghal |
| 17 Jul 2008 | The Stables (Yukon Bar), Mullingar |
| 18 Jul 2008 | The Func Room, CLifden |
| 23 Jul 2008 | Roundys Bar, Tralee |
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
P.S. Thanks to all who have showed their support for the single so far, it's still available to download on most major download sites but for those of you not so tecky minded it will also be featured on the new 'A Superman' E.P. in July.
Other news in the camp includes becoming the first official winner of Songpeople Buzz!! If you remember last year we managed to bag a top 10-spot on the SongPeople Unsigned / MTV partnership comp, well it turns out we also managed to get to number one, so we're all off to celebrate big style at the local deli. Dave's still undecided what he's having but Im going to go with a big slice of wensleydale cheese with apple spice and chutney! Yeah! Rock 'n' roll!
While we're on the subject of awards, we've been kindly nominated by Cool Acoustics for an Indy award so if you wouldnt mind voting for us at http://www.indyawards.co.uk/2008/artist_voting.php?artists=O we'd be ever so grateful!
Ok so we're about to hit the road again for some more tour dates this month, hope to see you all at one or two!
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The Mustard Lounge | Norwich | ||
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The Steampacket | Norwich | ||
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M19 Bar (Acousticfest for Manchester Irish Music Festival) | Manchester | ||
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Sanctuary | Sheffield | ||
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Feed The Monkey @jrink soho | London | ||
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Escobar | Wakefield |
And lastly but not leastly heres a few links for you to check out!
http://spudshow.libsyn.com Podcast from Ireland - Female unsigned musicians -Mostly!
http://itsafrogslife.net/podcast It's A Frog's Life Acoustic Podcast - acoustic music from Liverpool and the UK
http://www.ontheverge.ie Live recordings from our gig at Thomas Reads, Dublin + Live on the radio show
Thats it folks for now! Take care of yourselves and each other and we'll be back with more news very soon!
Odi xxx
Ok folks! Here it is, a little snippet of whats to come this summer from the ODi camp! 'A Superman' will be the lead track from the forthcoming E.P. Its hot off the....erm... decks so let us know what you think. Also another review in last issue's HOTPRESS magazine from our recent gig supporting Michele-Ann Kelly at the Civic Theatre in Tallaght.
Civic Theatre Dec 07 supporting Michele Ann Kelly
The Civic is an excellent venue for an intimate rock gig, with a clear sound and a sense that no matter where you sit you can still nearly check the artist’s heartbeat. ODi kicked off with a rendition of ‘Don’t Let Me Fall’ and ‘A Superman’ that captivated the audience immediately. Claire Odlum’s voice seems to have been magically liberated and an upsurge in gigs in Ireland and England have brought an added confidence. She has a natural onstage persona, possibly the woman with least attitude on the current scene. Her next single ‘What You Deserve’ followed, a haunting song with a simple but infectious guitar riff supplied by her guitar and harmonica-wielding sidekick Dave Redfearn. ‘You Win But You Lose’, a perfect anthem for fans of Leeds United is lighter, and they finished with the fine ‘Mariposa’. A short, tight and effective set, put across with grace and easy passion, Odi are moving in the right direction.
First cuts words Jackie Hayden (HOTPRESS)
Heh, check us out in the gossip page at the back too, whoohoo, we've made it!!!
Toodeloo!
Odi x
Hello peeps!
Well here it is, finally, in all it's mellowness! The second single
'What You Deserve' is out today as a digital download from itunes and all
major online stores. Hope you like it, bit of a tangent to 'Crawl' but
we like keeping you on your toes! If for some peculiar reason you're
having doubts or hesitations of getting yourself fairly pronto over to
the nearest digital download site then please read on and let Mr. Petch
from those Music Guru chiefs (http://www.themusicguru.co.uk/)persuade you to do
otherwise as he kindly reviews it today on the front page of their
website. Check it out.....
"Female singer/songwriters seem in vogue just at present. What with
Kate Nash, Laura Marling, Ami McDonald and, of course, Leeds’ own Corinne
Bailey-Rae all in contention. So it’s just wonderful to see another
talent just waiting to shine amongst them in the form of the Leeds and
County Wexford based ODi.
'What You Deserve', ODi’s second single, comes as close to perfection as
you can get. In fact, the whole thing seems effortless, which is a
good sign and usually means that what we have here is a group of major
talented professionals on our hands in terms of vocal excellence and
musicianship of the highest calibre. The single is beautifully produced by
Karl Odlum (Fionn Regan, The Frames and Gemma Hayes) and the song just
sweeps over you with a serenity all its own. I just love the way it
weaves in and out, almost dreamlike in its execution.
2007 saw ODi supporting Seth Lakeman at the Beverley Folk Festival.
She’s also been compared to the likes of Suzanne Vega, Natalie Merchant
and even a female Damien Rice, which, when you weigh it all up, is
certainly not a bad thing at all.
If ODi keeps on this path – and there are no reasons why she shouldn’t
- then 2008 might just be her year. "
Kevin Petch
http://www.myspace.com/odimusic
http://www.myspace.com/littlestmojo
'Whohooo', lets hope the rest of the reviews are just as positive! Thanks
to all for your words of encouragement and lovely messages. Also, if any
of ye are in the Leeds (UK) vicinity on the 16th Feb we're having a soiree
at Verve Bar (next to Mojos) with lots of special guests joining in so
bring a tamborine or whatever else you fancy giving a shake and come
down to join in the fun and merriment (from 8pm)! Until then, be good to yourselves
and all that jazz!
Muchos love and happiness!
Odi xx
P.S. Gig List:
3 Feb 2008 Stamps Bar - Liverpool
5 Feb 2008 BBC Radio Leeds - The Russell Walker Late Show
16 Feb 2008 Verve - Single Launch Party! Leeds
23 Feb 2008 Norwich Arts Centre
26 Feb 2008 Balconytv.com - Dublin
27 Feb 2008 Thomas Reads - Dublin
28 Feb 2008 On The Verge Live Radio Show (Dublin South FM )
4 Mar 2008 The Mustard Lounge - Norwich
7 Mar 2008 M19 Bar (Acousticfest for Manchester Irish Music Festival)
8 Mar 2008 Sanctuary - Sheffield
10 Mar 2008 Feed The Monkey @ jrink soho - London
21 Mar 2008 Rio’s Basement (Alto Rumore CLub) - Leeds
5 Apr 2008 Isle Of Arran (Breast Cancer Care Fundraiser)
12 Apr 2008 The Primrose (Cancer Fundraiser) - Leeds
17 Apr 2008 Royal Park Cellars - Leeds
30 Apr 2008 PAINT THE WALLS @ THE LIBRARY - Leeds
10 May 2008 Acosutic Revolution @ Whitelocks, Ma Gamps Bar – Leeds
A very Happy New Year to you all from the ODi camp! We hope you are looking forward to 2008 as much as we are. We have big plans afoot! So without further ado….. If you are sitting comfortably….let us begin..
NEW ODi SINGLE
We are pleased to announce that the brand new ODi single “What You Deserve” will be released on 01/02/08. Available through Littlest Mojo Recordings the track was produced by the talented and very lovely Mr Karl Odlum (Fionn Regan, The Frames, Gemma Hayes).
You will be able to download “What You Deserve” all over the world from itunes and all other major online stores. So for just 79p, 99c or the equivalent small amount of coinage in your neck of the woods you can listen to the track till your heart is content, after all it’s What You Deserve!......... (Sorry couldn’t resist!)
NEW ODi GIGS
After playing over 100 gigs across the UK and Ireland in 2007 we have recharged the batteries over the festive period and are back out on the road very soon in support of the “What You Deserve” release!
Full tour dates are available by visiting www.myspace.com/odimusic but will put a little update up here in the next week or so as more dates are being finalised as we speak.
NEW ODi RECORDINGS
Before all the single madness ensues we head out to County Wicklow next week for a recording session with Irish Producer Ken McHugh. We will be laying down “A Superman” a song that a lot of people have said very nice things about. So keep your eyes peeled and your ears open as “A Superman” EP is on the horizon!
That`s all for the mo folks, until next time, be good to yourselves and one another,……Its What You Deserve!........(Every opportunity for a plug!!)
Lots of love
All at ODi HQ
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