Get On The Otherside, by Bobby Oroza

Get On The Otherside

by Bobby Oroza

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ipomoea BOBBY FRICKEN OROZA Favorite track: My Place, My Time.

Drowsy Bear Gentle reverence of a quiet relaxation. Favorite track: I Got Love.

saishigo Didn't even know who Bobby was until I discovered this album a few weeks ago. I've listened to it on repeat multiple times since then; and not random tracks but the whole album from start to finish. It's wonderful – my summer soundtrack for 2022. (But what happens when the summer ends?) Favorite track: Blinding Light.

Bruno Look! There is a dog on the cover!

jpowell736 No sophomore slump here. In fact, this one is even better than This Love. The arrangements are more intricate, the instrumental interplay more defined, and the lyrics are more complex and timely. Big Crown continues its 2022 string of stellar releases. Favorite track: My Place, My Time.

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1.	I Got Love 03:53	buy track
2.	Loving Body 03:52	buy track
3.	Bobby's New Mood 01:21	buy track
4.	The Otherside 03:49	buy track
5.	Soon Everyone Will Know 03:25	buy track
6.	Blinding Light 04:16	buy track
7.	My Place, My Time 03:54	buy track
8.	Sweet Agony 02:43	buy track
9.	Passing Thing 04:19	buy track
10.	Make Me Believe 03:51	buy track
11.	Real Connection 03:41	buy track
12.	Through These Tears 03:26	buy track

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Bobby Oroza puts his desire for the profound on wax with his sophomore album Get On The Otherside. Musically, he has updated the formula we were introduced to on the first record. But lyrically, songs are bravely rooted in the more complicated, ubiquitous inner tangles of life like self-examination and coming to terms with the vastness of the human experience.

With Coronavirus bringing the world to a halt, Bobby—a father and husband—had to do something. No tours to play or studio time to fill, Bobby found himself back in the construction yard, doing blue-collar work to provide for his family. "I was super grateful for the work—a lot of my colleagues didn't have an option like that," Bobby admits. More than a few personal hardships forced him to acknowledge and work through some brutal truths. And what came of it? Well, for one, this new record Get On The Otherside which pretty well describes what Bobby's been through: He had to demolish his ego, his old ways of thinking, and his tried approaches to anchor into a refreshed perspective with new understandings.

As Bobby tells it, "I had to do some real self-searching, come to terms with what was wrong, and how much of it I was responsible for." So how does this translate to the new album? Moments of clarity as to where the real value in life lies on “I Got Love,” encouraging numbers like the title track “The Otherside”, and declarations of self actualization on “My Place, My Time.” Even the more straightforward love songs are outside the box lyrically like “Sweet Agony” and “Loving Body.” If you have never had the pleasure of catching one of Bobby’s live shows you may have no idea that he is a maverick on the guitar. He lets us in on a little of that on “Passing Things” with a solo that possesses the same restrained and space that his lyrics do.

As we'd expect, the songwriting still has that raw, direct edge to it. But an evolution has taken place. There are new points of view on familiar territory which in Bobby’s words "For me to love, I needed to take a bigger view of love. One with less ego and more empathy” really hold true. The result is a record with Bobby’s new found humility on full display and a message of encouragement to anyone who is struggling and can’t see a way out.

It still may be hard to nail down and define Bobby and his sound. He's no one thing more than the other. But what he's showing us now, on Get On The Otherside, is that we can also label him a soulful, philosophical optimist. Someone who can say a lot with a little, and who wants us all to know that it's us that has to do the hard lifting to truly live a life in love—both with the world and with yourself.

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released June 10, 2022

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Bobby Oroza Helsinki, Finland

Bobby Oroza is a soul artist hailing from Helsinki, Finland. Teaming up with the Timmion Records house band Cold Diamond & Mink, he has a tight quartet of musicians to support his vision. His cult classic debut album This Love introduced the world to his strange and unique shade of Soul. ... more

shows

Jun 13

Baby's All Right - Brooklyn

Brooklyn, NY
Aug 10

Quartyard

San Diego, CA
Aug 11

SLO Brew Rock

San Luis Obispo, CA
Aug 14

Madame Lou's

Seattle, WA
Aug 17

Sweetwater Music Hall

Mill Valley, CA
Aug 18

Moe's Alley

Santa Cruz, CA
Aug 19

Fonda Theatre

Los Angeles (LA), CA
Sep 27

Bar Brooklyn - Debaser

Stockholm, Sweden
Sep 28

VEGA

Copenhagen, Denmark
Sep 29

KNUST

Hamburg, Germany
Sep 30

GRETCHEN

Berlin, Germany
Oct 02

Cactus Muziekcentrum

Bruges, Belgium
Oct 03

Bitterzoet

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Oct 04

Le Hasard Ludique

Paris, France
Oct 04

Le Hasard Ludique

Paris, France
Oct 05

Bush Hall

London, UK
Oct 05

Bush Hall

London, UK
Oct 06

Pink Room, YES

Manchester, UK
Oct 06

Pink Room, YES

Manchester, UK
Oct 09

Club Manufaktur

Schorndorf, Germany
Oct 10

STROM

Munich, Germany
Oct 11

Exil

Zürich, Switzerland
Oct 13

Franz Mehlhose

Erfurt, Germany

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