Brand new EP coming soon...
We want to play more shows. Let us know. We will leave Cleveland.
If you don't live in Cleveland or come to see us live, you can buy the cd from www.insound.com
Or, just go to this link. Buy it straight from us. Disregard the part about only US and Canada. We'd make it cheaper, but shipping and maintaining a Pay Pal account costs money.
If you live in the Cleveland area, you can pick up the CD at Music Saves, My Mind's Eye or Bent Crayon.
We got some reviews:
"...the band seems to have picked up on an appropriately polychromatic style for its moniker: fast, motley alt-punk that recalls the Pixies and treads the paths of bands like At the Drive-In and Despistado with diligence...State of Ohio have patched together an astonishingly captivating record, equal parts craft and brute force." - Daniel Bush
The full version can be found at the Delusions of Adequacy Website (www.adequacy.net)
"...The quality of the 16-track reel-to-reel machine the album was recorded on helps create a DIY vibe but simply sounds lo-fi and not shoddy. "Safety" comes off as a Fugazi song from back in the day, and while a tune like "The Man Who Said Yummers" sounds like a shouting match, it adds to the album's intensity. — Stephen Tompkins" Free Times
"State of Ohio" (self-release) A fresh breath of old school-influenced punk air...Grade: B" - John Benson
Here are things that people who bought the CD have also said:
"remember when "indie rock" used to actually ROCK (early ‘90s for those that don’t remember), well that’s what State of Ohio does: sounds a bit like this recipe: first take four guys living in Cleveland add some instruments, then toss in bits of archers of loaf, pavement, dinosaur jr, sebadoh, and superchunk and then a tiny pinch of braid & a dash of bear vs. shark into a blender and mix ... And the production is stellar too: sounds like a good analog recording that was produced around 1992 (which is a very very good thing!!)" Jim K. (Found this on a blog.)
"holy crap!!! like a gift from above, this record came into my life. i had to check the calendar to see if it was xmas already. awesome, powerful, rock-solid indie guitar swing... these guys could probably kick chuck norris' ass sitting down, its that killer... not a clunker in the bunch. well-done boys, well-done..." Insound User Review
So... According to Rolling Stone Magazine, we are one of the best 25 bands on MySpace. That is just bizarre.
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