Oh Mercy
Melbourne's Oh Mercy, headed by songwriter Alexander Gow, is a young indie … Read Full Bio ↴Melbourne's Oh Mercy, headed by songwriter Alexander Gow, is a young indie rock band with serious talent.
Says Alex of the first single from the fourth Oh Mercy album - still untitled... “Sandy is a fast song. Faster than the other ones. Or slower. It really just depends on how you count the bars. And which song you compare it to. Faster than a real slow song. Slower than a real fast one. Sandy is a stuck in the middle kind of song. I wrote it in Nashville. I was walking to a Mexican restaurant. It's about self loathing. And self loathing by way of resenting someone who loves you. Just for loving you! (what a world!!!). It's a little about needing it. But wishing you didn’t need it. In the end you're god damn glad you got it.”
Alex Gow recently returned home to Melbourne from the States where he spent time in Nashville, Portland and Los Angeles, disconnected and rootless - a ‘romatic saboteur’ creating his forthcoming album.
Read the album’s travel diary here: http://www.ohmercy.com.au/about/
Gow is one of Australia’s most acclaimed singer/songwriters. Releasing three albums by the time he was 25, he won the ‘Outstanding Potential Award’ at the AMP’s in 2009 and was awarded the EG Music ‘Outstanding Achivement’ Award in 2012. He also has a string of ARIA nominations under his belt for the albums Privileged Woes, Great Barrier Grief and most recent, Deep Heat.
Says Alex of the first single from the fourth Oh Mercy album - still untitled... “Sandy is a fast song. Faster than the other ones. Or slower. It really just depends on how you count the bars. And which song you compare it to. Faster than a real slow song. Slower than a real fast one. Sandy is a stuck in the middle kind of song. I wrote it in Nashville. I was walking to a Mexican restaurant. It's about self loathing. And self loathing by way of resenting someone who loves you. Just for loving you! (what a world!!!). It's a little about needing it. But wishing you didn’t need it. In the end you're god damn glad you got it.”
Alex Gow recently returned home to Melbourne from the States where he spent time in Nashville, Portland and Los Angeles, disconnected and rootless - a ‘romatic saboteur’ creating his forthcoming album.
Read the album’s travel diary here: http://www.ohmercy.com.au/about/
Gow is one of Australia’s most acclaimed singer/songwriters. Releasing three albums by the time he was 25, he won the ‘Outstanding Potential Award’ at the AMP’s in 2009 and was awarded the EG Music ‘Outstanding Achivement’ Award in 2012. He also has a string of ARIA nominations under his belt for the albums Privileged Woes, Great Barrier Grief and most recent, Deep Heat.
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Oh Mercy Lyrics
Astrid, No On the floor, my lifes a bore, So we danced around…
By the Collar Step into the cold Like lovers lost and born[?] But if I…
Can't Fight It Made a phone call The things I saw Why don't you come…
Confessions Round the world now stationary Lost my girl voluntarily A …
Doldrums Sail through August moons Sail through the doldrums as Idle …
Drums I got no plans of my own Baby I live to…
Fever I'm dying pooch, you oughta put me down I turned a…
Get You Back Well I had too much to drink And then I told…
I Feel Possessed She said I could never do that But I know you…
Keith St I filled my cup with suburban rain I met your sister…
Let Me Go Speaking on your behalf Breathing on your sister's back Gr…
Mercy Valley == Mercy Valley == When all is said and done, I don't…
My Man ... I'll rip your teeth I'll tear your hair I'll turn your g…
On The Run Under that sun, that beating sun I'm on the road to…
Seemed Like A Good Idea Reading science fiction ain't what it seems Seems to recons…
Stay Please Stay Darlin' don't mark my words I can't know how long, how…
Tenderness Walked for forty minutes in Auckland rain Don't matter where…