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Songs: Ohia
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Out of 16 votes - Similar Artists: Will Oldham, Palace, Neil Young, My Morning Jacket, Appendix Out, Bob Seger
Out of 16 votes
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- Genre: Alternative/Punk » Indie Pop
Editor's review
Having weathered his frequent comparisons to Will Oldham, Jason Molina (the chief force behind Songs: Ohia) has matured as a writer and also branched out as a musician, shifting between slow-moving moments of melancholy and more vigorous Midwestern guitar-rock anthems, like something off "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere." The latter's what you'll find here, so crank it up.
Biography
Born in Oberlin Ohio, grew up in Lorain, Ohio and southern West Virginia. The musical environments of the hard-rock Midwest and the Appalachian musical tradition of West Virginia were deeply felt and absorbed by Jason Molina. The steel mill and shipbuilding town of Lorain, with its violent weather, poor economy, and railroads across it all have gone right into the music.
Spent mid-1980s-1990 in various musical projects including metal bands which mainly played in Cleveland Ohio; alongside of these projects were the first versions of the material which became Songs:Ohia.
Songs:Ohia is named after the Hawaiian Ohia tree.
