CONTACT
General Inquiry:
info @ hexesandohs.ca
Management:
canadianinvasion @ gmail.com
Record Label:
joe @ noisefactoryrecords.com
US Promotion:
info @ fanaticpromotion.com
Influences
Sounds Like
New Order, Hot Chip, Mates of State, Pet Shop Boys, Cut Copy, Digitalism, Sloan, the Super Friendz, Au Revoir Simone, Death Cab for Cutie, the Beatles, Postal Service, Annie, Simian Mobile Disco, Tahiti 80, Belle & Sebastian, LCD Soundsystem, Clor, the Blow, Lali Puna, Morr Music, Camera Obscura, Uffie.
"... Lam and Donnelly delight throughout by introducing bittersweet boy/girl harmonies into the slippery mix of post-punk thud, newfangled dancefloor electronics and unapologetic pop savvy pioneered years ago by ancestors such as New Order and Depeche Mode."
- Toronto Star
"... from dance party tracks (“H-H-Highschool”) to romantic tunes fit for the bedroom (“Suspicions”). This is a fresh take on a genre that is quickly becoming saturated with mainstream drivel"
- Stylus Magazine
"heartfelt boy-girl synth-pop that sounds like the Submarines collided with Woodhands. Slick synth production combined with propulsive dance beats back the couple’s cooing back-and-forth vocal harmonies and melodic, indie-rock-influenced guitar work. NNNN"
- NOW Toronto
"... multi-hued arrangements, and a ceaseless flow of alluring hooks. It's hard to pick favourites when so many stand out on this major-league effort"
- Textura Magazine
"The world’s cutest “longtime couple” have put some of the warmest, sweetest synth-pop songs in the genre’s existence."
- SEE Magazine
""Bedroom Madness" is here! One of the most anticipated releases to come out
this year comes from this duo made up of two talented individuals"
- CBC Radio 3 (New Music Canada - Featured Artist)
"It doesn't take a band full of hands to create slick, modest electro-pop - the longtime couple provided their music with the clarity, structure and gentle care it needed to distinguish itself. This is well-parented stuff: happy, buoyant and secure. 4/5"
- the Hour
"given the spike in confidence and pop appeal plainly audible on their new record, Bedroom Madness, this is definitely a duo on the rise."
- Montreal Mirror
"... they’ve taken cues from the best in the business — “Suspicion” and the horn-inflected “Try So Hard” are the best songs The Postal Service never wrote. Bedroom Madness is an impressive studio debut that chronicles all the joy and insecurity of puppy love. 4/5"
- EYE Weekly
"Pop gems, dominated by the lush guitar sounds. It's a kind of triumphant nerd rock that sets toes tapping and keeps you chewing out a rhythm with your bubblegum."
- FFWD
"(Bedroom Madness) solidifies the band’s super-trendy sound. Their music is filled with the optimism of happy lovers that is just so darn… well, cute"
- Nightlife Magazine
"Honest, sexy, earnest and sweet — a catchy collection that will get even the most jaded hipster nodding their head."
- the Uniter
"If you could combine kisses and hugs with evil spells and ecstatic moans in a time-wasting pen-n-paper game format, you’d have MTL’s hottest electro pop couple, Hexes and Ohs."
- midnightpoutine.ca
BIOGRAPHY
Meet Hexes & Ohs.
The story of electro-pop duo Hexes & Ohs begins with a pair of high school sweethearts and spans years of couple-hood and musical projects. 2005 saw the release of their debut album "Goodbye Friend, Welcome Lover", which reached the 2nd position on the Canadian campus radio charts, remaining in the top 10 for several months. CBC Radio 3 named "Whadaya Know?" one of their top 50 singles of the year.
Three years have passed and the album they created has taken them to places they never expected. Hexes have played CMJ, Pop Montreal, CMW, NXNE, Halifax Pop Explosion, Osheaga and have opened for Mates of State, Sloan, Kid Koala, Au Revoir Simone, Tokyo Police Club, Most Serene Republic and We Are Wolves. Their sophomore 2008 release "Bedroom Madness", produced by Byron Wong (the Crystal Method, David Usher), has been bringing them new levels of success. The band successfully toured across Canada, quickly topping national campus radio charts and garnering rave reviews from press and media. The infectious video for first single "H-H-Highschool" is currently in rotation at MuchMusic and MTV Canada.
