ohGr to tour

After a watershed of positive press following the release of its fourth album unDeveloped (Metropolis Records, 2011), ohGr, the mechanized juggernaut spawned by Skinny Puppy’s Ogre and Mark Walk, will be hitting the road for the first time since 2008 and touring the Western half of North America. Kicking off in San Francisco on December 1st at Bottom of the Hill with support from Left Spine Down and Violent Tremors, ohGr will be bringing its diverse and unrelenting oueuvre of material that builds upon the sturdy foundation of the group’s past and looks toward an even more intriguing future. Tour dates are below.

A darkly cinematic opus, Ogre says unDeveloped has a “soft theme of distorted sexuality.” This is readily apparent in the album’s opening track, “101,” which is heralded by an eerie, almost apocalyptic intro. On “101,” Ogre growls its twisted refrain, “Who do I have to f*ck?” over a mechanical, whirring and shrieking musical backdrop. He describes the striking chorus as “as much ‘give it to me’ as it is ‘take it from me.’” The press has picked up on unDeveloped's brand of dark beauty and lavished huge amounts of well-deserverd praise. San Francisco Examiner hails, "Prepare yourself. You’re in for a jaw-dropping audio-visual treat." OrigiVation Magazine says, "unDeveloped sounds a bit like a casual, low-key afterparty for the Apocalypse." Not to be outdone, IGLOO declares, "Ogre and Mark Walk are in top form and have put together an album of excellent aggressive synth pop. unDeveloped is both Ohgr’s most aggressive and accessible to date."

unDeveloped was released on May 10, 2011 via Metropolis Records.

ohGr tour dates

Dec 1 Bottom of the Hill San Fran, CA
Dec 2 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR
Dec 3 El Corazon Seattle, WA
Dec 4 Rickshaw Vancouver, BC
Dec 6 The Complex Salt Lake City, UT
Dec 7 Bluebird Theatre Denver, CO
Dec 9 Nile Phoenix, AZ
Dec 10 Constellation Room Santa Ana, CA
Dec 11 El Rey Los Angeles, CA

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