Horse’s Mouth Video:

Giddyup.

Alright world, here comes “Recession Girls”! Hope you’re ready for it. The official album release is coming your way this Tuesday, just in time for Valentine’s Day.

Til then, here’s the “When I Was Young Video”!

The first single off “Recession Girls”, available for free download. Go ahead and grab it. We make this for you.

DOWNLOAD HERE

Both Bryce and Kevin have been out in the streets with the Occupy movements in their respective cities, and it has made a big impression on us. Since this directly relates to us, both as musicians in a world that has no music industry left to join, and simply as Americans that love their country and want to see it succeed again so that the people we love can live in prosperity, we both feel it is important that we use what resources we have to raise awareness of what is happening. (Especially because the mainstream media has been so thorough in ignoring it.)

We are not innately political guys, but hard times have fallen upon all of us, and it is clear to us that it is important to be aware of what is happening. And also that it is up to us, as the most educated generation to ever walk the face of the earth, to spark a new way of thinking about what democracy means and a new way of thinking about how an economy can function. We need this simply to help the people we care about. We are not political by nature, but by necessity.

I’m posting this video, because I think its important to remind everyone that the police are the good guys. They are our guards, our protectors, just as the military are our guards and our protectors. What we need to create here is a climate in which that is thoroughly understood.

http://occupywallst.org/

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Hey there!

Been a long while since the last update, for which we here at the Oy Vey company sincerely apologize. There is much to report on however, so here we go.

First of all, we’ve gotten a big blast of support from the internets over the past few months for Botanical, and I want to give a big thanks to all the blogs that gave us support, as well as to Green Light Go, who helped us reach out to y’all. Its been very encouraging getting feedback on Botanical, which honestly started as a very modest home demo, then grew all out of proportion. We wanted to re-post some of what people had to say about the album here and, once again, give our humblest thanks to all you guys out there across the country that gave it a listen and wrote about us.

* Trainwreckdsociety
http://trainwreckdsociety.com/2011/08/20/oy-vey-band/

“Thankfully for all of us, the boys have gotten their act together (all pun intended) and do not show any signs of losing the relentless spirit that makes them so damn brilliant. Ladies and gentlemen, we might have found the obvious breakthrough group of 2011.” (August 20, 2011).

* The Aquarian Weekly
http://www.theaquarian.com/2011/08/17/ov-vey-botanical-curiosity/

“Electronic power pop duo Oy Vey will take the listener on a ride that they won’t soon forget with their debut album, Botanical Curiosity…Overall Oy Vey mixes electronic bands like MGMT with alternative bands like Weezer and puts their own spin on the sound to breathe a breath of fresh air into this summer’s releases.” (August 17, 2011).

* Aiding & Abetting
http://www.aidabet.com/issues/329/329reviews.html#OYVEY

“Some bands have it, and some don’t. Some know how to take a time-tested sound and create something new within it. And some band simply know how to write songs. Oy Vey is all three of those–and a fair bit more. A glorious whirl.” (August 2011).

* Musoscribe- Bill Kopp’s Music Blog
http://blog.billkopp.com/?p=568

“…an organic songwriting approach with a strong sense of dynamics and melody makes this a winner. The songs hook the listener quickly and then the go someplace. That’s a quality which is often in short supply; but not here.” (August 2011).

* CHARTattack
http://www.chartattack.com/features/2011/jul/28/oy-veys-idiot

“”Idiot” appears on that album, and it recalls artists like The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and other similarly minded indie rock bands. The duo are working on a new LP dubbed Recession Girls.” (July 29, 2011).

* A Media Mindset
http://amediamindset.blogspot.com/2011/07/download-it-oy-vey-white-lies-botanical.html

“”['White Lies' is] an energetic number clearly based in the worlds of both pop and rock. But underneath the rolling drums and glistening guitar licks, there’s a dusting of electro-pop that should speak to fans of MGMT, Holy Ghost and Diamond Rings…Give it a spin.” (July 9, 2011).

* The Devil Has The Best Tuna
http://besttuna.blogspot.com/2011/07/curiosity-killed-cat.html

“…the duo have crafted a sound that belies it’s boudoir beginnings. It’s an album positively bristling with energy and soaring harmonies with power and more hooks than a Peter Pan convention. …Oy Vey are on their way.” (July 19, 2011).

* WDCV-FM
http://blogs.dickinson.edu/wdcvfm/2011/06/oy-vey/

“…Oy Vey’s first album…creates an amazing first impression…creative lyrics and energetic and fun melodies immediately puts the listener into a good mood. Each song can stand alone as a great single and would go well in any roadtrip mix. Give them a listen and a look.” (June 29, 2011).

This week Oy Vey ranked at #176 on College Music Journal’s Top 200 chart! CMJ tracks radio play for college stations, and Botanical Curiosity is now ranking right along some of our favorite bands, thanks to the radio play we’ve been receiving nationally.

This is a really exciting development for us and we want to thank all of the radio stations that helped make this possible for us!

Much thanks to the following radio stations for making Oy Vey’s Botanical Curiosity a success it’s first week on the air!

#1 WUMD Dearborn, MI;#5 WCNI New London, CT; #12 WCCS Norton, MA; #17 KKSM San Marcos, CA;  #21 WPMD Norwalk, CA;  #22 KEUL Girdwood, AK;  KOPN,Columbia, MO;  WBXO Milford, MA;  WMPG Portland, ME;  WRVU, Nashville, TN; WVRU Radford, VA; KALX Berkeley, CA; KGUR San Luis Obispo, CA; KQAL Winona, MN;  KZUU Pullman, WA; WARC Meadville, PA; WBOR Brunswick, ME;  WCFM Williamstown, MA;  WMSE Milwaukee, WI;  WNHU West Haven, CT; WOBN Westerville, OH;  WVUD Newark, DE;  KDHX St. Louis, MO;  KDNK Carbondale, CO;  KMHD2 Gresham, OR;  KUGS Bellingham, WA;  KWCW Walla Walla, WA;  WBNY Buffalo, NY;  WIIT Chicago, IL;  WQAQ Hamden, CT;  WUMD1 N. Dartmouth, MA;  WXIN Providence, RI

Check out the links to hear stations that have been playing Oy Vey!

Also, thanks to B4 Alternative for making us artist of the week!