xgrantx Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 They posted about that today. "Oh yeah, to the folks who bought records from us last night, we apologize for not stuffing download codes in this new batch of records. Please e-mail us ([email protected]) or Message us on Facebook and we will send you a download code!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper87 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Awesome thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearchuck Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I was late to the show, but made it for Oddczar's set. Awesome stuff ... backed hard by the Tiny Engines crew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgrantx Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper87 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Sucked old flings were.cut short Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgrantx Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 Yeah. You should come up this Friday to the Get Down in Asheville. Travis (OG drummer) will be filling in that night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgrantx Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 Last show of the oddczar tour is tomorrow night in Baltimore at the Ottobar. Show some love for NC boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgrantx Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 Thanks for the orders on this. Their tour up north went well. Check out their bandcamp to stream the LP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgrantx Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 Stream the whole lp on bandcamp. I've got new stuff in the distro too. Bittermelodyrecords.limitedrun.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgrantx Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 Oddczar have put their new LP up for free download for the time being. Go check out this record and if you like it pick the vinyl up here: bittermelodyrecords.limitedrun.comhttp://oddczar.bandcamp.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgrantx Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 Toxicbreed's Funhouse just interviewed Matt Brandon from oddczar and they gave the LP a stellar review too! Check it out and pick up the LP if you dig it! Interview: http://toxicbreedsfunhouse.blogspot.com/2013/03/interview-matt-brandon-oddczar.html Review: http://toxicbreedsfunhouse.blogspot.com/2013/02/review-oddczar-one-word-lp.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbruise Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Was just reading that. Getting ready to give it a listen, sounds interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgrantx Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/55530/oddczar-One-Word/ Another review! Review Summary: Oddczar brings a powerful and sincere modern screamo album to the table without just being old hat. In the past few years that I’ve spent working to grow as a music listener,I’ve only warmed up to punk and its various subgenres after a friendexplained the punk ethos to me. The idea that the skill level of themusicians behind the instruments and the microphone is essentiallyirrelevant tickled my fancy. I wanted to understand and love what theheart of punk was, and it’s just that, the soul of the artists andexpressing that in whatever way they can. Once I had eventually gotteninto some punk and wanted to listen to more eccentric branches of thegenre, I checked out Pg. 99’s album Document #8 which opens with the quote: “Punkrock should mean freedom. Liking and accepting anything that you like.Playing whatever you want, as sloppy as you want. As long as it’s goodand it has passion.”Those lines from what I now know as a relatively famous screamo albumbring me to where I am today, and that’s listening to another band ofthe same genre, Oddczar. A 5-piece band from Charlotte, North Carolina,Oddczar follow this punk ethos and the guidelines of the Pg. 99 quote toa tee. While not sloppy by any means, these guys play heartfeltemotional hardcore/screamo and certainly play what they want withpassion. They’re not afraid to wear their influences on their sleeve butthey never slip up in making their music their own. In its 17 minutesand 54 second run-time, debut album One Word takes listeners on a quick, cathartic trip through the heartaches and pains of teen and young adult angst.Vocalist Matthew Brandon impresses even in the first track,“Samsquanch.” He is satisfyingly gritty and emotive but enunciates verywell. He comes through loud and clearly in the track “Bud Brothers”with the line “It’s just that the best of what we had was not goodenough for me” and tops it off with a primal yell to finish the trackwith a sense of authenticity in his heartbreak. His troubles are real,and this goes hand in hand with the lyrics. It’s a cliché to even saythat the theme of lost love is a cliché at this point, but Oddczar’sstories are personal and compelling. There’s a bit of everyone in trackslike “Nineteen” which has the following lyric: “Lately I forget toforget that you don't exist. I'm also growing comfortable with neverbeing comfortable. Broken down, winded. Tell me there's more to nightslike these than thinking through your symmetry.”Though the album doesn’t exactly do anything revolutionary in regards toits genre classification, it’s an enjoyable romp through the minds ofsome upset young fellows. The driving drums and guitar drag the listenerdeeper and deeper into this atmosphere of depression and acceptance,but also a longing for relief. One Word is the aural equivalent of thedays that you’re wondering why the hell your college-age self has somany problems, and I mean that in the best way possible. This is not tosay that the album is a swirling mess of bleakness either, it’s musicthat’s not hard to bob your head to with some undeniably memorablemoments as well. The title track has some of the catchiest riffing I’veheard in screamo, “Nineteen” has a heavily distorted guitar lick thatsounds just like anxiety feels, and “Sidesex” ends in one of the mostsatisfying breakdowns this side of the end of Orchid’s “We Love Prison.”Though One Word may not be reinventing the wheel, the key wordhere is authenticity. These boys aren’t playing music to try to be apart of some skramz revival movement because that’s the cool thing todo. They’re playing what they damn well please and absolutely puttingthemselves as people into their music. It’s good, and it has passion,and Oddczar have really put out an exceptional record in One Word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coryemis Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I agree, it's good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 This record is ridiculously great. I'd liken them more to Modern Life Is War covering ENVY (Japan). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgrantx Posted July 28, 2013 Author Share Posted July 28, 2013 Thanks Justin. I can't believe I just saw your comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgrantx Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 This record is so good. If you haven't given it a listen, you should give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgrantx Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 http://oddczar.bandcamp.com/ This record is up for FREE download on their bandcamp now. Check it out and pick up and LP if you dig it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbruise Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 It's only $8 and it's really good and you should buy it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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