Founded: 2007
Location: Australia
Oh Mercy were an Australian indie rock band formed by Alexander Gow. The band released five studio albums, Privileged Woes (2009), Great Barrier Grief (2011), Deep Heat (2012), When We Talk About Love (2015) and Café Oblivion (2018).
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Get to know album #5 before he tours Australia with it this April..
"I would walk down to the Abbotsford Convent most days for a coffee, so lots of the observations were made of the area and certainly they worked their way into the music."
"'Café Oblivion' shares its lush and orchestral qualities with its predecessor; the influence of Bacharach is a constant presence."
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Alexander Gow brings his unique Aus' pop sensibilities back to the live stage next week..
"Gow and co have rediscovered the lost art of a pub gig get-together."
The duo will be "paying homage to some Australian heroes and friends who set us on our merry way"
"The live stage banter is almost equally as good a reason to come to Oh Mercy shows as the music."
"This song is called All Roads Lead To You. It was an optimistic song that turned out to be incorrect."
"I was accessing a vocabulary that probably wasn’t native to Nashville."