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New Interview: Jimy gets grilled by Toronto's Wavelength zine. SXSW Mentions: Illinois Entertainer"inspired performance... threads of Talk Talk and Pink Floyd ran through Odiorne’s set... a highlight of the night." Urban Pollution"Odiorne were the last band to play the Urban Pollution showcase Friday evening, and enraptured the remaining spectators with a combination of synth-heavy, atmospheric rock. The band didn't bother with a whole lot of talk, speeding through their set, thrilling us with their chiming guitars and sound scapes." Among the "Best of SXSW 2006". Reviews of Heavy Wish: "To the ranks of the excellent orchestral pop bands the Silent League and Hopewell we can now add Odiorne, which is led by former Mercury Rev drummer Jimy Chambers. This song (Sirocco [The Heavy Wish]) bubbles along pleasantly, never getting particularly dramatic, but also never losing its easy charm. It features impressively tight drumming, some wonderfully chaotic horns and the delightful line 'It hit me like a sirocco.'" "...the band now comes into its own as a dreamy symphony. " " Former Mercury Rev drummer Jimy Chambers has been working on his Odiorne side project for over seven years now, and though it is just now debuting in the extended format, one can easily hear the years of hard work and studio experience that have gone into it. Equal parts Britpop, post punk, folk and shoegaze, 'Heavy Wish' layers haunting synthetic strings, searing sound effects and shimmering production over punchy, heavy percussion. Highlights include piano-and-keys piece ""Kino,"" which falls somewhere between Radiohead and My Bloody Valentine, and ""Creature of Habit,"" which sounds like an ambient Beatles tune (I swear). With multiple listens the album's subtle, experienced songwriting and sophisticated production sink in. " "Odiorne’s debut full-length is a nuanced, carefully crafted work that reveals more with each listen. The music is psychedelic (in the best sense of the word) and orchestral, and the lyrics evocative and imagistic…lush keyboards, horns, strings, and organ create a symphonic, stratospheric sound. Wish is a heady dish." "It is simply worth the praise. Dreamy and highly evocative." "Heavy Wish evokes the darker moments of Chambers’ two masterworks with his old band, on which Rev looked like they were going to balance the darkness of their early work with bona fide pop songs. Chambers, who wrote two of the band’s best known singles ('Something for Joey' and 'Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp') definitely seems to like the orchestration Rev once used, as it leaks into all of Odiorne’s songs, especially 'Sirocco (Heavy Wish)' and 'One a Day'. His guitar work is woozy and fits snugly into his arrangements, especially the staticky shag-carpet-underlying 'Webs Without Maps,' or when it bends into strange tones that increase the hallucinatory mood, recalling the mad, gorgeous 'Joey.'" "Ascoltando il disco non si può far a meno di pensare ai suoi ex-colleghi, le sonorità riportano spesso alla mente il periodo più psichedelico dei Mercuri Rev. (quindi prima del salto nel sognante pop che oggi li caratterizza), magari smussando un po’ gli angoli più duri: l’iniziale Sirocco (Heavy Wish), infatti, ricorda molto le elucubrazioni presenti in “See You on the Other Side”, ultimo album del gruppo americano nel quale Chambers militava. Ma anche altri sono i gruppi che hanno ispirato questo disco: la neo-psichedelia dei Dream Sindacate (One a Day) o il gospel bianco degli Spiritualized (Webs Without Maps) o le malinconiche melodie dei Mazzy Star (Kino e Life Construction). Insomma i Mercury Rev. sono stati una passerella di splendidi talenti e questo albun ne è l’ennesima conferma."
Nous voguons sur les vagues de chansons douces, riches en instruments, lorgnant vers le calme du jazz et de la pop. Une certaine mélancolie, liée à une légère froideur, est palpable, renvoyant au style de Joy Division.
"The load of experimentalism and unique jazz-punk approaches are what makes Heavy Wish so compelling." "...tasty post-punk pop brightened by smart horns, interesting rhythms, and experimental overtones. Summer may be nearing an end, but songs like 'Sirocco (Heavy Wish)' and 'Marblehead' can extend the illusion for me of warmth and sun and excitement." "...art-rock with driving guitar lines...rich, symphonic sound...'Crooked Sky' made me feel like I was right there with them, standing on the edge of a coastal cliff and seeing some serious tracers." Kinda Muzik
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