Original Release / Ipecac Recordings / IPC-142 FLAC / Lossless / Log (100%) / Cue

1. Oddfellows
2. Stone Letter
3. I.O.U.
4. White Hats/Black Hats
5. A Thousand Eyes
6. Rise Up Dirty Waters
7. The Quiet Few
8. I Can Almost See Them
9. South Paw
10. Choke Neck
11. Waratorium
12. Baby Let's Play_____
13. Typhoon

When we last heard from Tomahawk on 2007′s Anonymous, the group had set aside some of its more eclectic tactics for an album inspired by Native American imagery and concepts that founding member Duane Denison had encountered while touring with Hank Williams III. Prior to this self-described detour, the band also parted ways with original bassist and former Melvin Kevin Rutmanis. Now, after six years, the veritable supergroup has returned with its fourth release, Oddfellows. And just to be clear, this is not a reunion. If anything, Oddfellows marks a re-launching of Tomahawk, complete with new bassist Trevor Dunn, who more than fills the vacancy left by Rutmanis.
Denison recently described Tomahawk as “what we do when we want to rock out and just go nuts and have fun”. Oddfellows is the result of the approach. Recorded at Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Studios in Nashville with producer Collin Dupuis, Oddfellows picks up where Tomahawk’s 2003 sophomore album Mit Gas left off. Tomahawk’s latest effort easily traverses straight up quasi-punk rockers with brooding, haunting melodies akin to Fantomas-lite tempered by latter-day Faith No More. However, Dunn’s presence introduces a modicum of jazz architecture to the foundation of tracks like “Rise Up Dirty Waters”, and in doing so, doesn’t necessarily evolve Tomahawk’s sound but certainly elevates it some. All throughout Oddfellows Dunn’s bass provides a warmth not necessarily found on the band’s first couple of releases.
 
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