CULLEN OMORI - THE DIET VINYL (LTD. 'LOSER' ED. OPAQUE GATEFOLD)

LIMITED 'LOSER' EDITION OPAQUE VINYL GATEFOLD

Release Date: 17th August 2018

The second album from the former Smith Westerns frontman sees him returning to what he knows and does best - nostalgic indie pop-rock heavily influenced from the 60s and 70s heydays. The Diet is essentially Omori spilling his guts and ringing every ouch of heartache out onto the table for us to inspect. If you were a fan of Smith Westerns or just like your 60s and 70s guitar music nostalgia, then give this one a spin.

FFO: Smith Westerns, Whitney, Foxygen, Real Estate 

"Cullen Omori's path to his second album The Diet wasn't an easy one. After the release of his first album, New Misery, he had to deal with busted vans, crashed cars, mangled relationships, and other trials that can leave one feeling like the world is playing a cosmic joke. From the guitar that drops out of the sky on the opening track Four Years all the way through the fade-out of kaleidoscopic closer A Real You, The Diet is a powerful modern indie-rock album that is buoyed by warped, analog pedals / transistors and tailor-made guitar tones. Omori's winsome vocals crisscross 70’s art rock and classic songwriting all within the span of 40 minutes. Omori crafted The Diet as a series of what can loosely be defined as love songs that metaphorically channel the frustrations and ruptures of his turbulent 2016-2017 into unforgettable compositions with abstract yet sharply rendered lyrics. Omori's version of the love song medium goes far beyond the la-la-love-you template: "Only a few deal with loving or falling out of love with an actual, physical person," says Omori. "Then there are, like, love songs to my antidepressants or whatever I thought my life would be like at 27." The Diet represents a new chapter for the former Smith Westerns member, one in which he stretches out his songwriting chops and uses his life experience to craft loose-limbed, hook-filled songs that combine pop appeal with finely sutured lyrics. “I spent my early 20’s saddled with the ill-conceived, romantic notion that the best songs are written through suffering. The process of trying out a completely different persona and approach in New Misery, and then facing my negative experiences and the shortcomings of that persona, clarified where I wanted my music to go. While making The Diet, my songs were constantly presenting themselves to me, and when I got a chance to listen back and read my song journals I saw what a truly beneficial and cathartic event had taken place.” The Diet’s collection of 12 songs has Omori well on his way."