OM: New Drummer

Drone band and Southern Lord Records recording artist OM have picked up a new drummer. In February 2008, after playing a short west coast tour, original OM drummer Chris Hakius departed the band for unspecified reasons. Hakius had recorded 3 full-length albums with the band and 2 split 7 inches.

The bands new drummer is Emil Amos previously (and maybe still currently of the band Grails). I haven’t heard much of his drumming but the stuff on Grails myspace page; (http://www.myspace.com/grailsongs) shows that he can more than handle the task of playing OM songs.

Having seen OM live and also having been a fan of Hakius’ drumming, I’m interested to see what Amos will sound like live. I also wonder what kind of kit Amos plays. Hakius was playing a standard 4-piece setup although with a lot of different cymbals such as china cymbals, and bigger crash cymbals.

OM is also slated to release a 7 inch with Amos, on Sub Pop Records as well a new full-length this year.
For more info…

OM @ MySpace.com

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