By: Spacelab RE:search Staff

Coming straight out of the Ocropolis in Brooklyn is the new Oneida experience called Rated O. It's a triple album with 15 tracks, and explodes with all of the Oneida spontaneity they're known for. “It was like falling asleep on the barrel of an anti-aircraft gun,” Kid Millions said when describing the album.

To back up a step ... and get confusing, this triple release is one part of a three-part series that Oneida calls the "Thank Your Parents" triptych of releases. Part one was Preeteen Weaponry, part two is Rated O, and part three is yet to come.

Rated O has been released (on Jagjaguwar), the tour plans have been laid out, and now it's time to connect the dots.

Fat Bobby says it well: "You know, you deserve more than the typical Oneida glib/enigmatic muttering -- so let me weigh in just a sec on "Thank Your Parents", Rated O, etc. It's like all over Part One of the trilogy, Preteen Weaponry, especially as you come toward the end, there's this tension with organic vs synthetic shit -- we're PLAYING that music, but it can feel kind of uncomfortable (ha ha, we saw a review that compared it to Goldie!) when you don't exactly know what's what -- there's a reason we've got ORGANic and SYNTHetic shit going on on the stage, right? So envision the end of Preteen, that rippling, deep robot vibe that's just Kid playing, and a little organ drone, but how certain are you...and then Brownout drops, and you're deep in electro-land...except we're fucking PLAYING the music on Rated O, you know? Hell yeah we "use the studio as an instrument" (ugh, gagging on Kevin Shields-ish cliche there), but it's not like we're looping or sampling -- we created that music, from dust and wind and sweat."

 Oneida - I Will Haunt You

 Oneida - Saturday

 Oneida - What's Up, Jackal?

Oneida Tour Dates
07-12 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo (Matinee show, doors at 2 PM!) w/ Amps for Christ, Clip'd Beaks
07-24 - Brooklyn, NY - Todd P Show - 979 Broadway backyard w/ Sunburned Hand of the Man, White Hills
07-25 - Medford, MA - Outside the Lines Studio w/ Sunburned Hand of the Man, Big Bear
07-26 - New Haven, CT - BAR w/ Sunburned Hand of the Man, Big Bear
08-07 - Kutna Hora, Czech Republic - Arts Festival
08-08 - Berlin, Germany - Berlin Festival
08-09 - Scheer, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany - Klangbad Festival
08-10 - Villafranca di Verona, Italy - Arci Kroen
08-11 - Marina Di Ravenna, Italy - Hana-Bi
08-12 - Geneva, Switzerland - L'Usine
08-13 - Paris, France - La Plage at Glazart w/ Final Fantasy, Alexander Tucker
08-14 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
08-15 - Utrecht, Netherlands - EKKO
08-16 - Manchester, UK - Islington Mill w/ Teeth of the Sea
08-17 - Brighton, UK - Prince Albert w/ Teeth of the Sea, My Device
08-18 - London, UK - Garage w/ Teeth of the Sea, Mugstar
08-19 - Bristol, UK - The Croft w/ Cardinal Fuzz, Teeth of the Sea
08-20 - Cork, Ireland - Crane Lane Theatre - Midnight show - Free entry
08-21 - Belfast, Northern Ireland - Black Box w/ What What, Bop Yestrum DJs
08-22 - Dublin, Ireland - Whelan's