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Josh Ottum (born March 1978) is an American musician, songwriter, and scholar.[1] Ottum recorded Like The Season[1] between October 2005 and June 2006 it was released in the fall of 2006 in Europe by Tapete Records, along with an EP, Who Left The Lights On?. Ottum was part of the 2006 Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, Germany, and toured extensively through Europe in November 2006 and May 2007. Mill Pond Records released the It's Alright EP in May 2007. Ottum was part the Sit Down and Sing tour with Rosie Thomas and Nicolai Dunger in April 2008. Like The Season came out in the United States on October 20, 2009 on Cheap Lullaby Records. The Mellow Out EP was released by Tapete Records in May 2011 followed by Ottum's second full-length Watch TV,[2] released on July 8, 2011.
Ottum's third album, recorded in part with orchestral instrumentation, was funded through Kickstarter in 2012.
Discography
EPs
- Who Left The Lights On? (Europe)- November 7, 2006
- It's Alright (U.S.)- May 15, 2007
- Mellow Out 2011
LPs
- Like The Season (Europe) - November 15, 2006[3]
- Like The Season (U.S.) - October 20, 2009
- Watch TV 2011[2][4][5]
- Smart/dumb - 2012
References
- ^ a b Hartse, Joel (29 June 2006). What's got into Josh Ottum?, Times-Standard
- ^ a b Raggett, Ned (30 June 2011). Local Record Review: 'Watch TV' by Josh Ottum, OC Weekly
- ^ (12 March 2007). Josh Ottum: "Like the Season", Der Standard (in German)
- ^ Glasspool, Adam (29 July 2011). Review: Josh Ottum – Watch TV Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine, Everything But Urban
- ^ (20 July 2011). Josh Ottum wärmt das Herz mit Westcoast-Songs Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, Bocholter-Borkener Volksblatt (in German)