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OK Go Discuss New Album

The second album. The follow-up. The sophomore hump. Many have faced this hurdle and failed. Now stepping up to the challenge is Chicago power-poppers OK Go, who will release Oh No on Capitol Records on August 30. Recorded in Malmö, Sweden, with producer Tore Johansson (of Franz Ferdinand fame), the album will be a departure from the clean-cut sound of their self-titled debut, according to lead singer Damian Kulash. "This album is more raw, more energetic, and more organic than our first," he says, also accurately describing the Jamba Juice smoothie I had for lunch. "It's more about the push and pull of the rhythm section and less about stacks of harmonies or anthemic choruses. Our first record was basically a studio project; we wanted it to be gleaming and shameless and plastic and hooky and happy. This time around we tried to leave a little more space. We left more grit and applied less polish."

Oh No was recorded during a period of strife for the band: "We were weary and shell-shocked from two straight years of touring on our first album, three of us had broken up with long-time girlfriends, two of us were discombobulated from moving across the country, and then George Bush won the fucking election while we watched in dismay from a tiny apartment in Sweden," explains Kulash. "So the record itself wound up being about little disasters." Hopefully they don't all add up to one big disaster.

The first single off the album will be "Million Ways", the hilarious video for which is currently streaming on their website. (Two words: SYNCHRONIZED DANCING.) OK Go will also spend August and September on tour with labelmates and Chicagomates the Redwalls. NO Stay:

08-23 Houston, TX - Meridian
08-24 Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ
08-25 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room
08-27 Kansas City, MO - Grand Emporium
08-28 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre
08-29 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
08-31 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe
09-01 Portland, OR - Dante's
09/06 San Francisco, CA - Cafe du Nord
09/07 Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction
09/08 San Diego, CA - The Casbah
09/09 Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy
09/10 Tempe, AZ - Big Fish Pub

* OK Go: http://www.okgo.net/

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