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Oginalii Post “Pillars” Video; Pendulum EP Due Next Month

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Alright. I’m not trying to tell you your business or anything, but yes I absolutely am and I think you should take a few minutes out of your busy day to check out Oginalii if you haven’t yet. From the opening cut “Veils” through the finishing moves in “Stripped the Screw,” the Nashville four-piece’s new EP, Pendulum — due Oct. 23 — brings atmospheric heavy psychedelia that’s moody without losing its sense of force. The whole release runs six songs and 24 minutes — very much an EP — but in that time the band unfurls material dug-in enough to build on their 2019 debut, Cause & Affection, with a burgeoning sense of controlled chaos.

Taking cues from post-rock and heavy jams in kind, it finds a sonic space for itself that’s broad in scope but rhythmically tight as well, as Simon Knudtson‘s tense drums behind Emma Hoeflinger‘s vocals on the previously-unveiled Oginalii Pendulum“Scapegoat” demonstrate, the fuzz guitar of Ryan Quarles and depth of bass from Emma Lambiase bringing further weight to the impact. Maybe unsurprisingly, the EP finds its greatest meld between ambience and intensity on its six-minute title-track, starting off at a meander and ending up in a riff dizzying enough that the follow it with the two-minute melodic comedown “Black Hole,” but the whole thing works with a similar dynamic.

I can’t help but hear a little Carla Kihlstedt in the Hoeflinger‘s breathy delivery in the verses of the newly-unveiled “Pillars,” a second single from Pendulum to be issued, but a more intense chorus is met by intertwining jabs of fuzzed tonality, an intricate bounce happening that solidifies the airier surroundings but still stays purposefully elusive in contrast to the melody. Have I mentioned the word “dynamic” yet? Okay good. Just wanted to be sure. “Pillars,” for all that, is still catchy around the standout line “Great expectations were wrong,” which feels like a line that could be loaded with any number of contexts, and after the song culminates, “Stripped the Screw” takes a more avant approach, building and deconstructing as it moves through a runtime that’s still just four and a half minutes long but shifts between soft guitar at the outset to blown-out industrial-style beats at the end, the band setting, and breaking, their own rules.

“Stripped the Screw” isn’t public yet, but you can see the video for “Pillars” below, accompanied by more info from the PR wire — and I threw in the “Scapegoat” video too, just in case you missed it when it was . Bottom line here is I dig this EP and the direction in which Oginalii seem headed, and I think you might too.

Again, it’s out Oct. 23.

Enjoy:

Oginalii, “Pillars” official video

‘Pillars’ official music video from the upcoming EP ‘Pendulum’ – out OCTOBER 23 2020.

Nashville’s Oginalii recently announced the Oct 23 release of Pendulum via Devil In The Woods.

The band recently released second single “Pillars,” with fuzzed-out riffs that immediately change gear to an exploration of space reminiscent of the sonic landscapes of Portishead.

“The song explores a moment I feel we all come to realize at some point in our lives,” says frontwoman and songwriter Emma Hoeflinger. “The moment you realize a hero figure, a parent, an idol, or anyone that is a symbol of wisdom becomes human in your eyes for the first time. That person has faults, messes up, and isn’t on that pedestal or “pillar” you’ve always placed them on. What do we do with this new information? Do we let it ruin the love and respect we have created for them?”

Oginalii is:
Emma Hoeflinger (vocals/guitar)
Ryan Quarles (guitar)
Simon Knudtson (drums)
Emma Lambiase (bass)

Oginalii, “Scapegoat” official video

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