Saturday, 18 February 2012

Tonight! Oxygen Thief on 6Music.

Just a quick note. Sexy Bristolian noise machine Oxygen Thief joins Tom Robinson on his 6Music show tonight (Saturday night/technically Sunday morning) at 1am. Listen in!

OT releases free single 'Mestle & Portar' on March 5th, taken from his debut album Destroy It Yourself out now on Broken Tail Records.

Buy the CD now from Amazon

Sunday, 12 February 2012

Oxygen Thief lifts a free single from 'Destroy It Yourself'; tours


  • Artist: Oxygen Thief
  • Title: Mestle and Portar
  • Format: digital download
  • Released: Monday 5th March 2012


Nearly a year on from his debut album Destroy It Yourself, Bristol's favourite (only?) acoustic metalhead returns with a headline tour and free single this March.

BAM! Just when you thought it was safe to emerge from the shadows without a long-haired Bristolian in brightly-coloured DMs shouting quotes from The Wire at you (“you can't lose if you don't play”), Oxygen Thief lifts a fresh single from his acclaimed 2011 debut, Destroy It Yourself.

Arguably the album highlight, 'Mestle and Portar' is typical of Destroy It Yourself's brash staccato sound; the frontline of heavy-hit guitars filed to a point alongside part-spoken part-sung part-yelled vocals that leave critics struggling for direct comparison. Hard rock played out on an acoustic guitar, this confident rarely-heard sound earned him a regular slot at 2000Trees festival and support to Hold Your Horse Is, Chris T-T, [Placebo side-project] Planes, and Ben Marwood alongside his numerous headline shows.

Catch Oxygen Thief stomping around the following venues:

MARCH

1 LEEDS Royal Park Cellars
2 MANCHESTER The Garrett
3 BIRMINGHAM The Brighthouse
4 BRISTOL The Mother's Ruin
7 DEVIZES The Bell
8 BATH Green Park Tavern
9 OXFORD Port Mahon
10 LONDON Slaughtered Lamb, Clerkenwell
11 CAMBRIDGE The Cornerhouse




Praise for Destroy It Yourself:
like a Dave Grohl solo brainstorming session”
god is in the tv

impressive win for originality in an oversaturated musical market”
the 405

an album that transcends genre.. adopted by punks, indie kids and metalheads alike”
moon and back

Saturday, 11 February 2012

.. and we're live

Despite being a record label since 2007, after Myspace we didn't ever bother with Facebook.

Then, last week, we got Twitter.

This week, we got a blog.

By next week, we'll all be prime minister.