''Between the Devil and the Sea'' is the debut EP by indie rock band

Oh No Oh My Oh No Oh My are a four-piece indie rock band from Austin, Texas. Biography Oh No Oh My consists of multi-instrumentalists Daniel Hoxmeier, Joel Calvin, Greg Barkley, and Tim Regan. The members of Oh No Oh My started playing music when they were f ...

, released on February 5, 2005.

Reception

Margaret Reges of

Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...

described ''Between the Devil and the Sea'' as "a group of hook-driven, scribbly, smart, and fun songs. The production is clean, the nasal, somewhat goofy vocals are pleasantly bizarre, and the whole thing feels just about right." Chris Fore of ''QRO Magazine'' called it "an instant relaxer" due to the band's "cheerful sense of humor that boils over".

Pitchfork Media ''Pitchfork'' (formerly ''Pitchfork Media'') is an American online music publication (currently owned by Condé Nast) that was launched in 1995 by writer Ryan Schreiber as an independent music blog. Schreiber started Pitchfork while working ...

's Liz Colville wrote a mixed review, criticizing the opening track "Oh Be One" for its lyrics, percussion and predictability, while complimenting the band's few "glimpses of raging passion" elsewhere on the EP.

Track listing

# "Oh Be One" - (2:14) # "Our Mouths Were Wet" - (4:18) # "The Party Punch" - (3:59) # "The Bike, Sir" - (1:02) # "A Pirate's Anthem" - (3:46)

References

External links

Official website

MySpace page
2005 debut EPs Oh No Oh My albums {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub