Tag: Eric Ott
Set Lathe Cut Singles Package
75OL-238 Lathe Cut Singles Package
$25.00 S&H Included
A set of all three limited clear poly lathe cut singles.
Track Listing
1. Matt Fraza Band – Drugs/I Don’t Want It 6:00
2. Jordan Everett Associates – Moonbeams 6:00
3. Jodie Treloar – Sonic Boom 5:15
4. Six Star General – Christopher Walken 6:00
5. Bob Kendall Band – Stay 2:57
6. Feng Shui Police – Without You 3:00
7. Eric Ott – Free 6:00
Eric Ott at Red Door
with Kristen Miller
Red Door
Portsmouth, NH
8pm
Eric Ott video for ‘Felt’
Eric Ott video for ‘These Pills’
Eric Ott video for ‘Pop Starlet’
Bob Kendall / Feng Shui Police / Eric Ott – Split Lathe Cut 7 inch Single
75OL-219 Bob Kendall / Feng Shui Police / Eric Ott – Split Lathe Cut 7 inch Single
$10.00 S&H Included
Limited to 30 copies. These singles consist of clear poly-plastic with holographic, kraft, white, or clear jackets. The four options are shown in the photo above. All styles while supplies last.
This lathe cut single includes a link to a digital download with artwork
Tracks
1. Bob Kendall – Stay 2:57
2. Feng Shui Police – Without You 3:00
3. Eric Ott – Free 6:00
Bob Kendall – Stay
Bob Kendall – Guitar, Vocals David Narcizo – Drums
Kevin Zahm – Bass Rafael Attias – Guitar
Dan Wright – Keys Chuck Ciany – Guitar
Produced, Mixed and Recorded by
Paul Q. Kolderie @ Stable Sounds, Portsmouth, RI
Feng Shui Police
Dash Elhauge – Guitar, Vocals, Quips
Evan Harris – Drums, Stares
Hariz Johnson – Bass, Skin
Eric Ott – Free
Eric Ott – Acoustic Guitar and Lead & Backing Vocals
Philip Labbe – Bass
Dan McGary – Drums
Chris Decato – Keys and some Lead Guitar
Mark Edgerly – Lead Guitar
Anna Coogan – Backing Vocals
Chris Plumstead – Slide and Lead Guitar
Timothy Fife – Synthesizer
Eric Ott’s ‘In Lieu of Flowers’ Listed in Best Seacoast Music of 2015
The ambitious production quality, sly songwriting and sheer magnitude of the diverse instrumentation make “In Lieu of Flowers” an immediate top ten consideration. Ott tackles the idea of death in a series of twists and turns, with successful stylistic flourishes ranging from Ott’s own Americana sound to indie rock and even stadium rock and country.
The Source reviews Eric Ott’s ‘In Lieu of Flowers’
“In Lieu of Flowers” by Eric Ott
75 or Less Records
File Under: indie, Americana, rock
Sounds like: Wilco, Simon and Garfunkel, Yo La Tengo
“Death was still such an abstract concept growing up.” “There’s a room that I go to in my mind when I want to think about death.” “It’s something that’s going to affect all of us.” These overlapping, meditative voice-overs guide the journey throughout Eric Ott’s death-inspired concept album, “In Lieu of Flowers.” What began as an RPM Challenge record in 2008 evolved into a vehicle for Ott to grapple with loss. Just like the stages of grief, his opus switches paces, styles, and perspectives often. To achieve his ambitious production goals, the award-winning songwriter enlisted the help of co-producer, engineer, and long-time collaborator Sean Yadisernia, as well as a bevy of musicians and friends including Dan McGary, Nate Laban, Chris Decato, and Mark Edgerly. The resulting ruminations about depression and the end of life turn in enjoyably surprising directions.
For “In Lieu of Flowers,” Ott tapped into new sonic inspiration, a longer list of collaborators, and an even bigger sound. Here, tackling the abstract concept of death and its effects on the living plays out in a number of successful stylistic and emotive choices, including his bread-and-butter Americana, indie rock, and even stadium pop and country. The production quality and magnitude of the diverse instrumentation, perhaps most notably Decato’s keyboards and the 10 contributing guitarists, are immediately noticeable. And yet, some of the biggest differences from Ott’s previous material are much more subtle.
Ott and guests slyly combine the earnest subject matter with playful musical or lyrical twists. On the opener, “Little Wars,” Ott tells a woeful tale of cancer and suicide, yet the catchy vocal melody — think They Might Be Giants meets Simon and Garfunkel — belies the morose message without making it a punchline. The song’s horn melodies could be interpreted as joyful or wailing. On “In Lieu,” that duality is a common theme that showcases a depth that can be difficult to achieve on concept records. Conversely, the stadium-pop anomaly, “Pop Starlet,” is full of triumphant hooks, keyboards, and guitar solos, while the lyrics reveal a cynical commentary about the hollow, even damaging love of celebrity and popular culture. It’s as infectious and powerful a song as an “Aladdin Sane”-era Bowie could have conceived, and one of the Seacoast’s best this year.
On “Old” and “Felt” we find Ott’s Americana sound with added hints of country twang and bended notes. Album highlights “If You Were Thinking” and the rocker “Under the Bed” merge Ott’s best anthemic melodies with his one of a kind songwriting and wit. “In Lieu of Flowers” is a diverse collection of expertly produced and compelling introspections that challenge us to listen, both as the living looking forward and as the dying looking back. It’s an outstanding record and a fitting one to round out one of the Seacoast’s finest, most productive years in recent memory.
Eric Ott – In Lieu Of Flowers
75OL-235 Eric Ott – In Lieu Of Flowers
$10.00 S&H Included
Track Listing
1. Consciousness
2. Little Wars
3. Old
4. Epiphany (feeling)
5. Pop Starlet
6. Felt
7. If You Were Thinking
8. Medicine Cabinet
9. These Pills
10. Crumble Your Bones
11. Our Dear Catherine
12. Under The Bed
13. Free
Remember a time when you would sit on the floor, put your headphones on and listen to a record from start to finish? It took you to a place, perhaps under a sonic wave of angst, romance, sadness, or happiness. With new technology, it took the 45, or later the cassette singles too far, and we started cherry picking our favorite songs off these records. We were just choosing snapshots from a vacation rather than enjoying the entire experience.
In Lieu of Flowers is a throwback to the Long Playing Format. The LP. It touches on mortality, struggle, aging, suicide and ultimately death. At first it may seem as an arduous listen but pays off in the end as you will be taken to a different place. Like a movie or a book, or like the LP that you might have rolled your first cigarette on.
In Lieu of Flowers will not be available digitally. It will not be on iTunes, Spotify, Bandcamp, Google Play etc. It is only available on CD. Some have said that I am crazy for rolling out a project that took me over 3 years to write and record. The answer, of course I am, I am an artist. Enjoy the trip and thank you for listening.
– Eric Ott
The Wire reviews Eric Ott & Nate Laban’s ‘Love Songs and Isolation’
You can read the review here.