Weird Owl

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Weird Owl
Origin Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Genres Psychedelic rock
Years active2004–present
Labels Tee Pee, A Recordings, Ltd., Little Cloud
MembersTrevor Tyrrell
Jon Rudd
Sean Reynolds
Kenneth Cook
John Cassidy

Weird Owl are an American psychedelic rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2004. [1] Their first recording, Nuclear Psychology , was released in 2007. Their debut studio album, Ever the Silver Cord Be Loosed , was released in 2009 by Tee Pee Records. [2] Their second album, Build Your Beast a Fire , was released in 2011, and received generally positive reviews. [1] [3] Their mini-LP Healing was released in 2013, followed by the album Interstellar Skeletal in 2015. [3]

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The band's music has been compared to that of Deep Purple, [4] Hawkwind, [4] Neil Young, [5] Pink Floyd, [4] [6] and Spirit. [6] Weird Owl's discography, alongside being labeled as psychedelic rock, has also been categorized as stoner rock [4] and space rock.

Members

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

References

  1. 1 2 Breznikar, Klemen (February 26, 2012). "Weird Owl interview". It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine . Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  2. "Weird Owl". Tee Pee Records. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Weird Owl Album Discography". AllMusic . Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Steven Hyden (July 26, 2011). "Weird Owl: Build Your Beast A Fire". The A.V. Club . Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  5. Christopher Weingarten (June 23, 2011). "Download: Weird Owl's Riff-Heavy Psych Journey "Build Your Beast A Fire I"". The Village Voice . Archived from the original on March 20, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  6. 1 2 Julian Woolsey (July 28, 2011). "Track-by-Track: Weird Owl – 'Build Your Beast a Fire'". Rock Edition. Archived from the original on July 24, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2017.