Ohpen Ahrms to release debut album “Lying Beside You” on March 15th 2024.Chicago’s Ohpen Ahrms worships at the altar of heavy progressive rock and 1980s/’90s album-oriented rock romanticisms.
Songs inspired by canonical riffing and post-rock noise feature winding layers of guitars, synths, and vocal harmonies that emerge through a landscape of metal, arena-rock, and shoegaze influences. Both the band’s moniker, Ohpen Ahrms, and their debut album “Lying Beside You” are in reference to Escape, the classic 1981 Journey album. “Lying Beside You” was driven by post-pandemic exploration in 2021, as Alan Strathmann (guitar, vocals, synths) and Quinn Curren (drums, percussion) – both of Chicago’s purveyors of melodic doomgaze Starless – began fleshing out songs with Sam Ross (guitar, vocals), and later recruited Sheldon Kessel (keys, organ) and Andy Wulf (bass) to arrive at a lineup.
1. Destroyer
2. Lying Beside You
3. Make Me a Ghost
4. Spun in the Dark
5. Don’t Look for Me There
6. Drawing Fire
7. Night Vision
8. War!Today
Ohpen Ahrms – Lying Beside You 2024
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