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Ooberman to return ??
jkimmitt by James Kimmitt June 24th, 2001
Liverpool's psychedelic indie popsters Ooberman have unveiled further details about their forthcoming second album, which is to be named 'Hey, Petrunko'.
It has become apparent that the album is an enormous departure from 1999's 'The Magic Treehouse'.
Frontman Dan Popplewell said: "We've had to do some soul-searching and find out what we really want to sound like. We've lost a drummer, found another. We've run out of money and tumbled into a spiral of debt ."

The band are still without a record deal and the Bradford-born singer said: "If we'd had a major label it would have been released by now, but it would've been a hazy continuation of the first album ."
"I even went to live in the studio for all of January. Sleeping behind the drums. I lost myself in candelight, mountains of notes, the sound of piano and violin ."

A number of the leading tracks on the second album were also revealed on the bands website:

Running Girl: "Vocodery accoustic 60s space folk pop groove with shouting Sophie"

Open the hatch: "Big clattery song about death, the lack of God and aliens, and the suprising wonder of the afterlife. Contains 32 tracks of Sophie, like a choir of angels ."

Bluebell Morning: "Big fat song, latter live favourite ."

Dreams in the air: "Accoustic song which feels like 'Roll me in Cotton'"

Memoirs of a Cunt: "A song about someone we used to know"

Caffeine Dance: "I can't describe this one"

There is no confirmed release date for 'Hey Petrunko'



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