{"id":77577,"date":"2021-10-23T13:37:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T18:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=77577"},"modified":"2021-10-23T13:37:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T18:37:28","slug":"concert-review-deeper-ohmme-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2021\/10\/23\/concert-review-deeper-ohmme-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert Review: Deeper & Ohmme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Keller Welton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On September 28th, The Bottleneck presented Chicago natives Deeper & Ohmme. Both bands are on a tour right now heading towards Texas. We had the opportunity to record a live session of both bands here at the KJHK studios, which our lovely Multi-Media team did back-to-back, very impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deeper is a post-punk band with just a splash of indie rock to bring you sounds reminiscent of the Preoccupations\/Viet Cong, and they opened for Ohmme. Their set began with a spacey jam, which included a native land acknowledgment. The set was a high-energy vibe show. More specifically, Deeper\u2019s set was loud and in-your-face at times, others they were in a slower, hazy jam. An early highlight of their set was \u201cEsoteric,\u201d which is a great song to familiarize yourself with the band\u2019s sound. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was around this time that I noticed the band were all wearing matching navy coveralls, which was pretty cool. Deeper\u2019s set was essentially a run-through of their new album Auto-Pain<\/em>, save the song \u201cPink Showers,\u201d which is from their debut album. They put on a strong show, they were tight, their guitars roared, somethin about an apple pie… overall a great show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ohmme is a little harder to describe. Traditionally, Ohmme is a guitar duo, but for this show, they had a drummer and a third guitar\/flute player. They truly are unlike any other. Ohmme writes intertwining guitar parts, with sudden Sonic Youth-esque spasms. Their melodies float sweetly into abrasive funky choruses. Ohmme\u2019s set was largely based on their third album Fantasize Your Ghost<\/em>, some highlights being \u201cSelling Candy,\u201d \u201cMine,\u201d and \u201cGhost.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My favorite part of their set was \u201cSpell It Out,\u201d featuring a delayed flute and violin, creating an abstract psychedelic soundscape, which I adored. Additionally, Ohmme covered an obscure David Bowie song, which none of my friends knew the name of. Nevertheless, it was raw and intense. I would put it somewhere between The Burning Spear<\/em> and The Diamond Sea<\/em> (Sonic Youth comparison), leaning more towards The Burning Spear<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Images by Ellynn Mayo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After their set officially ended, the main guitar duo came on stage for what I call a \u201cFloor Show\u201d. They sat down and played two more songs with just two guitars. It was like we were at an open-mic, just the crowd, the band, and the wooden floor beneath us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concert Rating: 9\/10. Wish I could have moshed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keller breaks down and exceptional show at the Bottleneck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":77578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,3235],"tags":[2086,7047],"class_list":["post-77577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-on-kjhk","category-music-reviews","tag-concert-review","tag-show-review"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20210928_211318-e1635014126123.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77581,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77577\/revisions\/77581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}