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The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Ep240: The OBGMs - Watch This Space

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7579 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

The OBGMs are a band you need to hear. Their new album "The Ends" is full of outstanding songs and hooks that stay in your head for days. Founder Densil McFarlane shares the story of the band, his influences, his song writing process and gives a candid assessment fronting a punk band in 2020.

If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Boom, boom, boom.

0:00.8

All right.

0:01.0

What up?

0:01.4

This is the boy, Denz, from the OBGM. So you can catch the ends out on October 30th, 2020 this year. You're listening to The Vinyl Guide with Nate Goyer. Oh, well, thanks for that, Denzel. And hey, everyone who's listening. This is Nate. I hope you're all well. It's another weird week in a string of weird weeks. Lots of people stressed,

0:23.4

lots of people concerned for the future. And I hope you're finding a way to be able to cope

0:29.3

with all the news as best you can. To me, music and family is my go-to cure for these frequent

0:35.2

bursts of bad news. And of course, records are at the center of my

0:39.7

self-healing routine. Absolutely transports me to a happy place. And I certainly hope this

0:45.5

podcast is giving you a bit of peace in your own worlds. Today, I'm going to be sharing an interview

0:50.7

I recently had with Denzel McFarlane of the band, the OBGMs. Now, I know many of you right

0:56.6

now are asking yourselves, who are the OBGMs? Well, that's a fair question. The OBGMs are a punk rock

1:03.2

band, a three piece out of Toronto, Canada, and their upcoming LP, The Ends, is an absolute killer.

1:10.2

I urge you all to have a listen. In fact, I'm

1:13.0

going to play a track on the show here in a moment. Today, Denzel and I talk about the journey

1:18.1

of the OBGMs, what it's like to be in a black-fronted punk rock band in the year 2020,

1:24.1

his songwriting, his process, his influences, playing live and what the future looks like

1:29.6

for the OBGMs. Now, again, the new album is absolutely stellar. Lots of energy, lots of great

1:36.5

songwriting, many, many hooks and more, which are constantly making me put this album on repeat.

1:42.8

And of course, there's a limited vinyl run of the

1:45.7

ends, just 250 splatter vinyl copies, which you can order from the OBGMs.com. I'd recommend

1:54.6

you reserve yours quick if there's still some available. And this week's show is brought to you in part by audiophileusa.com, the online record shop

2:05.9

for the world.

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