Ommadon Announce Breakup
I guess there’s something to be said for minimalism, and with a posted picture of a ship on the rocks and a statement that puts it definitively as ‘Ommadon is dead,’ one could hardly accuse Glaswegian megadrone two-piece Ommadon of not getting their point across. David Tobin and Ewan Mackenzie call it quits after a 10-year run that produced eight self-recorded full-length albums released through Dry Cough Records, Medusa Crush Recordings, At War with False Noise, and others, as well as splits with Coltsblood, Legion of Andromeda, and more.
Their latest offering, End Times, was issued in May, and while with that title one might wonder if there was some element of self-reflection on the band’s part, the harsh rumble and vicious crash they emitted through the two side-consuming pieces — titled “A” and “B” — was nothing if not outwardly brutal.
Ommadon‘s last show would seem to have been in August as part of the Break the Chains festival in Leeds, and though their own announcement of their breakup is pretty barebones, Dry Cough‘s is more emblematic of the response the band got and how deeply their music affected their listeners. You can stream End Times at the bottom of this post, and here’s that ship and the statements from band and label:
Ommadon is Dead
There is no place for magic in this fool’s paradise. Ommadon is dead.
Dry Cough Records on Ommadon:
Ommadon is dead. Long live Ommadon.
I consider myself very lucky to have worked with Tobin and Ewan on three of their records. They’re excellent people and a truly amazing band who have played a huge part in helping Dry Cough establish itself in the UK underground.
I’ll be forever grateful to them for taking a chance on allowing DC to help release ‘V’ back in 2014.Ommadon and their music mean an awful lot to me. Today is a sad day.
End Times.
Ommadon was:
David Tobin (guitar)
Ewan Mackenzie (drums, keyboards)
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