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Singer-songwriter Odie Leigh is back with her new song, “Either Way.” A lyric video is also out today on YouTube. The song, out now via Mom + Pop, was produced by Bay Area producer/musician/engineer Derek Ted, and Odie Leigh.
"It’s easy to overthink relationships and to look into the future and wonder what will happen," says Odie Leigh. "It should be as simple as it is: Do you want to know me like I want to know you? Yes? Alright then.
"The past few years have felt very unstable. I’ve been living in a trailer, traveling for work, and having uncertain brief relationships throughout. When I wrote this song, I was in a new relationship and feeling hopeful that maybe it wouldn’t be like all the rest. I knew how I felt and was carried away by it, building a white-picket-fence future for us in my head. 'Either Way' lays out both my dreams and my reality and invites him to join in, baggage and all. It’s simple and truthful and embarrassing.”
LISTEN TO “EITHER WAY”
WATCH “EITHER WAY” VISUALIZER
Odie Leigh has also confirmed a busy tour schedule that includes dates with Shakey Graves as well appearances at such upcoming festivals as Boise, ID’s Treefort Music Fest (March 20-23), Atlanta, GA’s Shaky Knees (May 3), Salt Lake City, UT’s Kilby Block Party (May 10-12), and St. Charles, IA’s Hinterland (August 4). Additional dates will be announced. For updates and ticket information, please visit www.odieleigh.com.
ODIE LEIGH - LIVE 2024
March
20-24 - Boise, ID - Treefort Music Fest *
APRIL
30 - Gainesville, FL - Heartwood Soundstage
MAY
1 - Sanford, FL - Tuffy’s Bottle Music Box
3 - Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees *
5 - Columbia, MO - The Blue Note **
6 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom **
8 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre **
9 - Fort Wayne, IN - Performance Pavilion at Sweetwater **
10 - Davenport, IA - Rhythm City Casino Resort **
10-12 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Block Party *
11 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
AUGUST
4 - St. Charles, IA - Hinterland *
24 - Edinburgh, UK - La Belle Angele
29 - September 1 - Salisbury, UK - End of the Road Festival *
30 - September 1 - Birmingham, UK - Moseley Folk Festival *
SEPTEMBER
4 - London, UK - Omeara
* Festival Performance
** w/Shakey Graves
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ABOUT ODIE LEIGH:
Odie Leigh would never have called herself a musician before the depths of the 2020 pandemic when her rapper roomies made a bet: Whoever records a song that goes viral first, wins. Slightly ticked off that they hadn’t included her in the wager, she decided to hit them with her best shot, and Leigh was crowned the victor when a track she wrote blew up on TikTok. “I was like, ‘I'm gonna show y'all. I'm gonna win.’” Four years after posting what she calls “that silly joke song” on TikTok, she has continued to transform and evolve as an artist — from what she calls “acoustic, ethereal folk sad girl music” to harder-edged tunes that flirt with early Aughts pop-punktivism.
Born and raised in Louisiana, she sang in the church choir, sure — her grandfather built the building, after all, and her family attended three times per week. But after moving to New Orleans to study English, she fully intended on making her bones in the film industry. That 2020 wager changed things, though, when she realized that she could win hearts in addition to bets. Her first real single, “Ronnie’s Song,” followed in 2021, a sweetly silly track she wrote to cheer up a friend. Coming from the film world, she found songwriting freeing, unbound from the rigidity of screenplay, and discovered that simplicity can be a strength.
She released her first EP, How Did It Seem to You?, in 2022, about a situationship gone wrong. Recorded everywhere from Louisiana to Miami, “That first EP was born out of desperation to feel heard and be connected,” she says. “Releasing that EP is probably like one of the scariest things I've ever done because it was just so real and embarrassing. All of my music is stuff I would never say out loud.” In 2023, Odie Leigh dropped her second EP, The Only Thing Worse Than a Woman Who Lies Is a Girl Who’ll Tell Truths, which was recorded in the woods of Tennessee. “That second project was definitely like the edgier, angrier step up from: I'm a girl that makes folk music,” she says.
After those releases began gaining steam on social media, Odie Leigh started hitting stages hard. She toured Europe, North America, and played Newport Folk in 2023; she also has festival gigs like Shaky Knees and Kilby Block Party, among others, later this year.
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ABOUT MOM+POP MUSIC:
Since launching 16 years ago, Mom+Pop Music has curated a critically acclaimed list of artists and has seen significant success releasing music from MGMT, Courtney Barnett, Beach Bunny, Orion Sun, Caamp, Ashe, Maya Hawke, Del Water Gap, Porter Robinson, Goth Babe, Tycho, Tom Morello, and many others. Solely owned and operated by Founder/co-owner Michael Goldstone and co-owner Thaddeus Rudd, M+P has a global team of 25 people and is self-distributed. Known for their artist-first mantra M+P continues to amass industry accolades from artists, media, and colleagues including Billboard’s Independent Label Power Lists, A2IM’s Libera Award for Label of the Year, and other recognition. They have been featured in Forbes, Variety, and Billboard through the years with a pointed look at their credibility, thoroughness, and talented team. Mom+Pop Music has offices in New York and Los Angeles. For more, please visit www.momandpopmusic.com.
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