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OOoOO

American witch house project

Summary

American witch house project

Field	Value
name	oOoOO
image	OOoOO.png
caption	oOoOO 2012
origin	San Francisco, California
genre
years_active	2008–present
label
associated_acts	Drab City, Islamiq Grrrls, White Ring, Butterclock s
current_members	Christopher Dexter Greenspan

oOoOO (pronounced "oh") is an American witch house/chillwave project led by Christopher Dexter Greenspan. The project was founded in 2008. Along with White Ring and Salem, oOoOO is often recognized as a pioneer of the witch house sound.

Career

oOoOO's debut release was on Houston-based Disaro Records in January 2010, where he released a six-track CD-Rk. In 2010, the tracks "No Shore" and "Cold" were included on the 4-artist compilation cassette for Bathetic Records.

oOoOO's second EP Our Loving Is Hurting Us was released on April 10, 2012 via Tri Angle. oOoOO's debut LP, Without Your Love, was released on June 24, 2013 via Nihjgt Feelings – a new label based in Turkey, co-founded by Dexter himself. oOoOO's second LP, Faminine Mystique, was released in 2018 in collaboration with Bosnian-German singer/producer Asia a/k/a Islamiq Grrrls. In 2020, Dexter and Islamiq Grrrls released their first LP under the name Drab City, Good Songs for Bad People.

Chris Dexter has listed Jana Hunter and Matteah Baim as influences.

Discography

EPs

Untitled CD-R (CD-R, 2010, Disaro)
oOoOO (EP, 2010, Tri Angle)
Our Loving Is Hurting Us (EP, 2012, Tri Angle)

LPs

Without Your Love (LP, 2013, Nihjgt Feelings)
Faminine Mystique (LP, 2018, Nihjgt Feelings) with Islamiq Grrrls

Singles

Roses / Seaww (Split 7" with White Ring, 2010, Emotion)
Working For The Men (with Drab City, 2020, Bella Union)
Gone Fishin’, 2022

References

Kelly, Zach. (October 5, 2010). "oOoOO: oOoOO EP | Album Reviews". Pitchfork.
Paul Lester. (September 29, 2010). "New band of the day – No 877: oOoOO". The Guardian.
Eavvon O'Neal. (September 22, 2010). "The Salem 'Witch House' Trials". Village Voice.
(October 15, 2010). "oOoOO: Darkness Falls". Dazed.
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Jenn Pelly (January 31, 2012) "[http://pitchfork.com/news/45282-ooooo-announces-new-ep/ oOoOO Announces New EP]". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 1, 2012
Fitzmaurice, Larry. (April 8, 2013). "oOoOO: "Stay Here" [ft.M.L.]". Pitchfork.
Caramanica, Jon. (November 4, 2010). "DJ Screw's Legacy – Seeping Out of Houston, Slowly". The New York Times.
Zach Kelly,"[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16462-ooooo-our-love-is-hurting-us-ep/ ]". pitchfork.com, 9 April 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2021

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