The mind-bending band that gave us what is largely considered the decade's most viewed music video (even the Simpsons parodied it), the treadmill-manned, Grammy-award winning "Here It Goes Again," is back. Never content to rest on their laurels, OK Go return with the new album, Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky. The album is the follow up to 2005's Oh No and was produced by ex-Mercury Rev member David Fridmann (Flaming Lips, MGMT).
The band will make tour stops in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and appearing at Playground Weekender right on the heels of the album release.
OK Go has been busy developing videos to accompany each of the album's 13 tracks with videos for "WTF" and "This Too Shall Pass" having debuted so far. With 175 million video streams and counting, OK Go is the most-downloaded band ever.
The record's title comes from an 1876 book promoting the erroneous theory that blue light cures all ills. As fits a record influenced by Prince and crackpot 19th century arm-chair scientists, the record is both danceable and contemplative; it's introspective, with a vein of surrealism running through it.
OK Go - are Damian Kulash, Tim Nordwind, Dan Konopka and Andy Ross -
Tour dates are:
Wednesday 17th February: The Hi Fi, Brisbane www.thehifi.com.au www.ticketek.com.au
Thursday 18th February: Oxford Art Factory Sydney www.oxfordartfactory.com, www.moshtix.com.au, www.ticketek.com.au
Sunday 21st February: The Hi Fi, Melbourne www.thehifi.com.au www.ticketek.com.au
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As a band we played the Pyramid Rock Festival at Phillip Island last year, that was a very awesome thing to be a part of. Was so hot you felt like you were going to die but was worth every second.
Ideal Lineup? Reading Festival 92 was a pretty unbeatable lineup, not that I was actually there. Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Mudhoney, Beastie Boys… Say no more!
Tips for attending Music Festivals? Pace yourself, try not to one of those people passed out next to a porta-loo before the sun has even had a chance to go down. All the good stuff happens at night and you’re gonna want to remember most of it. Bands like us love to play festivals because the vibe can be incredible, so yeah… get on it and have a great time, just don’t make an arse of yourself.
My Festival Experience
