It was a convergence of minds, a clustering of ideas, and a world of malcontent. Born in the margins of a city ravaged by hype and reduced to apathy, founded in the wake of flagrant imperialism and killers getting better, they understood the value in art and stuggle. The Oswald Effect, four minds bound together with something to say and the aural amplitude to back it up, took to the streets and the stages, revealing a fiery aesthetic and a penchant for sharp hooks. Now, guitars become sirens, signaling the impending raid. Drums thunder the marching of a restless fifth column, waging war on boredom, war on complacency, war on war. In the wake of plenty of action but no control, their spirited songs demand a new direction. They dance in irreverence on the barricades that seperate the fearful from the fearless, the rulers form the ruled. They revel in the ground speed of joy and the simple salvation of music. This is love, the kind found in sleepless midnight romances, in the naive young secrets of libertines who prefer strife to submission. This is sabotage, the revolt of the elephant in the room, a threat of something good, a rock & roll bomb into the marketplace of lies.The era of stolen stars is over. This is THE OSWALD EFFECT. This is LOVE & SABOTAGE."Love & Sabotage" was produced, engineered, mixed & mastered by Martin Feveyear at Jupiter Studios.
"T.O.E.’s sound is rich with the warm crunch of loudly ringing guitars. Heath Bauer’s vocals are insanely raw at times, swinging from crawling word play into jaguar screams at the drop of a sixteenth note. Bauer’s battle-scream singing style transforms this avalanche manifesto into a story of death, pain, fear and betrayal. The words tend to fly by as you sit back and let the coffin-nail tight rhythm section pound you into submission." P. W. Richardson, NadaMucho
"I'm completely and totally impressed with this record... They are absolutely kick-ass."
Lisa Wood, KEXP 90.3 and Funky Monkey 104.9
"Great rock band, fantastic singer, might scare the kiddies."
OrbitAudioRocks.com
"Just got this advance copy [of Battle Hymns Of The Fifth Column], and the whole thing demands repeated listening... A punishing blend of raw rock and angry punk grit."
Chunk Magazine
