Photo by Paloma Ruiz
New Record Formless Aug 25, 2023
PR Jeff Kilgour jeff@thesyn.com
Publishing Chloe Benner chloe@arts-crafts.ca
Booking
EU / UK Ricky Biondetti ricky@swampbooking.com
Everywhere else oracogan@yahoo.com
www.facebook.com/oracoganmusic
Tour Dates 2024
06/04/2024 Nanaimo Crace Mtn.
27/04/2024 Nanaimo The Vault
09/05/2024 Vancouver The Pearl
10/05/2024 Seattle Central Saloon
11/05/2024 Portland Turn Turn Turn
12/05/2024 Astoria Raintown Vintage
13/05/2024 Arcata Outer Space
14/05/2024 San Francisco Lost Church
15/05/2024 Nevada City The Fern
16/05/2024 Los Angeles Pico Union
19/05/2024 Oakland Stork Club
20/05/2024 Ashland The PonyUp
21/05/2024 Olympia The Crypt
22/05/2024 Spokane The District
23/05/2024 Missoula Monks
24/05/2024 Nelson Squash Club Social Lounge
25/05/2024 Calgary East Town Get Down
02/06/2024 LUX Luxembourg Rotondes Klub
03/06/2024 FR Paris Supersonic Records
05/06/2024 FR Chambéry Brin de Zinc
06/06/2024 CH Genève Le Rez Usine
07/06/2024 DE Munich Milla
08/06/2024 DE Regensburg Void Fest WarmUp
09/06/2024 PL Krakow Klub Re
10/06/2024 PL Warsaw Chmury
11/06/2024 CZ Brno Kabinet Muz
12/06/2024 DE Berlin Loophole
13/06/2024 DK Copenhagen Beta
14/06/2024 SE Uddevalla Uddevallakassetten
15/06/2024 NO Oslo Dunk
16/06/2024 NO Bergen Landmark
18/06/2024 SE Gothenburg Koloni
19/06/2024 SE Malmo Annelundsgården
21/06/2024 DE Offenbach-Am-Main Hafen 2
23/06/2024 UK Brighton The Prince Albert
24/06/2024 UK Birmingham Hare & Hounds
25/06/2024 UK Bristol Crofters Rights
27/06/2024 UK Glasgow The Glad Cafe
28/06/2024 UK Sheffield Hatch
29/06/2024 UK London The Lexington
“The result is an album of atmospheric expanded Americana – folkgaze, some might call it – that filters the derangement of the times through a hazy cloudland of serendipitous grooves and drowsy orchestration.” - The Line of Best Fit on Formless
"Powerful... a psych-folk droplet of blood blooming in a pool of water” Paste Magazine
Over the years, Cogan has steadily crafted a gothic and cinematic approach to alt country and folk. Her latest string of albums have walked a careful line between shadowed folk intimacy and fractured sonic confessionals, bringing a hazy psychedelic edge tinged with a myriad of influences. Under The Radar
“Spent many nights listening to this captivating music.” - Hope Sandoval, Mazzy Star
“She and her band entwine the melody with modal guitar curlicues and distant vocals, yet somehow she sounds more alone than ever.” New York Times
Ora Cogan draws from a wide web of influence, but - truly - she sounds like no other. - CLASH Magazine
Formless finds beauty, absurdity, humour, and unlikely joy in the bleakest of times. Cogan’s smoky, psychedelic approach to gothic country and hazy folk merges with post-punk, groove, psych rock, and traditional balladry. With a singular voice as much sensation as sound, Ora Cogan seeks out new realities within the smoke-and-mirrors labyrinth of our cruel society.
Recorded in mostly off-the-floor takes with rhythm section David Proctor and Finn Smith on analog tape at Vancouver Island’s Risque Disque studio and co-produced by Cogan and Loving’s David Parry, Formless features international guest stars including Cormac Mac Diarmada from LANKUM, who plays strings on “Feel Life,” and a duet with Y La Bamba on “Ways of Losing.”
Raised by a photojournalist and a musician on the islands of Canada’s Pacific coast, Cogan shaped her approach to music far from big-city scenes. Her childhood home played host to a constant stream of artists as it served as a professional recording studio. Cogan absorbed a myriad of influences growing up, from Ladino and Rumbetico to American country blues and outsider art all feeding into her glacial and cinematic yet tinglingly intimate sound.
Cogan has been crafting critically acclaimed records for years, earning her festival slots throughout Europe and North America, residencies in Italy and France, and shows with Mazzy Star and Grouper.
Formless took form in the abyss of grief and pandemic isolation. “I spent a lot of time wandering aimlessly in the woods with my dog,” said Cogan. The result is an outpouring of ruminations on awkward love, pain, internal struggles, and a fight to find ways to feel good when everything goes bad.
Cogan and her close-knit band will support Formless with dates throughout North America and Europe in 2024. Her performances offer a vital antidote to the dystopian alienation of modern life, drawing overlapping audiences of folk, goth, pop, experimental, and even noise and punk fans together like some bizarre sonic/social Venn diagram.
