NEWS: Ox Releases 2nd Video From New Album "tUCo", Announces UK Tour Dates

Directed by John Milne, the very same film maker noted for his involvement in the soundtrack aspect of 'tUCo'- the imagined film which inspired Ox to jump the gun on songs for a film that has yet to be made, 'TUCO PT69', the video, is as minimalist and charming as the sleeper gem from the album. Ox’s Mark Browning explains.
We were 4 days out from leaving on the tour and John called me up and said, you gotta come over and let me shoot you- he'd done the video's for Burnout ('Unknown Legend' & 'Prom Queen') in a similiar burst of creativity- both were shot in one day- so, when John calls me, I go. He had to warm me up to the idea that we were doing a video for 'Tuco pt69', an instrumental track from the album that he'd fallen in love with... not exactly the typical single. He wanted a sort of shamanic pagan vibe to it- so he had me shred some Slash-esque air guitar over his backyard campfire. In 20 minutes he was done with me. Then he cut it together with footage we'd done for the film at the River & Sky Festival two years ago. I love its 'Canadian-ness'- all that plaid and bush-wacking. For a guy from Southern Ontario, John really gets it.
Ox has long been one of Canada's great 'alt-country' underground secrets- but with 'tUCo', and their recent string of jaw-dropping performances across Canada, the secret is increasingly out. Reaching #2 across Canada on the national college radio chart, it's steeped in atmosphere and open road imagery- the band goes from zero to 90mph and back again in the space of a chorus. 'Neil Young kissed' they've been called, and its a description that is well earned.
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