Photo credit: Paloma Ruiz
Here at DeClunk HQ we take great pride in bringing you something interesting and perhaps a little unusual. We bring to your eyes and ears Ora Coogan. Give the video a watch and a listen. after that we reckon you’re going to want to grab a pre-order of the album and sort a ticket for the tour. The song is called ‘Ways Of Losing‘, the album is ‘Formless’, due May 31st and the tour dates are below.
Today Canadian experimental singer-songwriter Ora Cogan is sharing her new video “Ways of Losing“, which features Y La Bamba, as well as announcing the European release of her album ‘Formless‘ due May 31st via Prism Tongue. Cogan’s smoky, psychedelic approach to gothic country and hazy folk merges with post-punk, groove, psych rock, and traditional balladry. Cogan is also set to tour throughout Europe this June.
On the single, Ora Cogan said “‘Ways of Losing’ is a tribute to dear friends I’ve lost recently due to suicide and overdose. It is a love letter to those who do not fit well into our cruel society.”
Formless finds beauty, absurdity, humour, and unlikely joy in the bleakest of times. Cogan’s smoky, psychedelic approach to gothic country and hazy folk merges with post-punk, groove, psych rock, and traditional balladry. With a singular voice as much sensation as sound, Ora Cogan seeks out new realities within the smoke-and-mirrors labyrinth of our cruel society.
“Writing this album was a very much a lifeline… transformative and healing,” Cogan recalled. “Re-calibrating an internal compass constantly thrown off by the magnetism of a deranged world.”
Recorded in mostly off-the-floor takes with rhythm section David Proctor and Finn Smith on analog tape at Vancouver Island’s Risque Disque studio and co-produced by Cogan and Loving’s David Parry, Formless features international guest stars including Cormac Mac Diarmada from LANKUM, who plays strings on “Feel Life,” and a duet with Y La Bamba on “Ways of Losing.”
Tour dates:
02/06/2024 LUX Luxembourg Rotondes Klub
03/06/2024 FR Paris Supersonic Records
05/06/2024 FR Chambéry Brin de Zinc
06/06/2024 CH Geneve Le Rez Usine
07/06/2024 DE Munich Milla
08/06/2024 DE Regensburg Void Fest WarmUp
09/06/2024 PL Krakow Klub Re
10/06/2024 PL Warsaw Chmury
11/06/2024 CZ Brno Kabinet Muz
12/06/2024 DE Berlin Loophole
13/06/2024 DK Copenhagen Beta
14/06/2024 SE Uddevalla Uddevallakassetten
15/06/2024 NO Oslo Dunk
16/06/2024 NO Bergen Landmark
18/06/2024 SE Gothenburg Koloni
19/06/2024 SE Malmo Annelundsgården
21/06/2024 DE Offenbach-Am-Main Hafen 2
23/06/2024 UK Brighton The Prince Albert
24/06/2024 UK Birmingham Hare & Hounds
25/06/2024 UK Bristol Crofters Rights
27/06/2024 UK Glasgow The Glad Cafe
28/06/2024 UK Sheffield Hatch
29/06/2024 UK London The Lexington
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