In May, we shared the news that ØXN [pron. ‘oxen’], a new band featuring Radie Peat (Lankum), John ‘Spud’ Murphy and Eleanor Myler (Percolator), and Katie Kim, were to release their debut single Claddagh Records, the labels first signing in 18 years. The band recently shared the music video for Love Henry, and it’s a lovely dose of Folk Horror. Enjoy!
The video was Directed & Produced by Katie Kim & Thom McDermott and features Deirdre Griffin, Eleanor Myler & Katie Kim.
What began as a side project duo between Radie Peat and Katie Kim in 2018 blossomed into a full-on, multi-textured tapestry with the addition of Myler and Murphy during lockdown. This resulted in one of the streaming highlights of the Covid era – an unforgettable live performance from a Martello tower in Dublin in conjunction with visual artist and Lankum collaborator Vicky Langan.
ØXN take their literal name from the draft animal. Oxen are not a breed of cattle but rather steers – adult male bovines that have been castrated. Something about the story of the beasts appealed to the band: Castrated, pulling heavy machinery, out to slog, or an interred beast for milking, since about 4000 BC. Sometimes worshipped, sometimes doomed for domestication.
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