Growlers
by Mike O'Malley
A meditation on the male monster.
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Mike O'Malley + Beastie Band
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Mike O'Malley + Beastie Band
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Mike O'Malley + Beastie Band
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Mike O'Malley + Beastie Band
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Mike O'Malley + Beastie Band
Beastie
by Mike O'Malley
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Mike O'Malley
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Mike O'Malley
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Mike O'Malley
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Mike O'Malley
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Mike O'Malley
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Mike O'Malley
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Mike O'Malley
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Mike O'Malley
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Mike O'Malley
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Mike O'Malley
MIKE O'MALLEY
Mike O'Malley has always believed that songs are inextricable from their occasions. It's why he could never slow-dance to "Tears in Heaven" or shag to "Last Kiss" in high school. His task, as he sees it now, is to match songs to the occasion of his present.
On "Beastie," his debut LP, he can be heard summoning the totality of his resources to do so, folding the Irish folk of his distant heritage into his dramatic and quixotic aesthetic. He sings about the indignity of a grudge held too long ("Garden"), the vertigo of being too specialized ("Hang by a Thread"), the white-hot fear accompanying the accidents that move time ("Noble Rot") and offers, at the end, a benediction ("Come Low").
He resides in Brooklyn, New York, where he moved from his beloved North Carolina.
GEAR
IRISH BOUZOUKI - Crump B-3
MANDOCELLO - Weber Gallatin
A collision of chamber folk's sweeping arrangements, punk's ragged vigor, and Irish Trad's rollicking pulse, Mike O'Malley + Beastie Band are no strangers to biting off more than they can chew. Their latest album, Growlers, takes aim at toxic masculinity in four of its awful incarnations. Expect searing harmonies, unusual instrumentation, and catharsis.
MIKE O'MALLEY - Vocals, Bouzouki, Mandocello
CASSONDRA ALVORD - Vocals
KATIE GARRINGER - Oboe
SAM WEBER - Bass
Shows
9/23 - 9:30 Pete's Candy Store
Come Low
Music Video
Directed by Rhett DuPont
Music by Mike O'Malley
Live Shows
Mike O'Malley and Beastie Band performing Golem at Sofar New York on August 4th, 2016.
