With video artist Natasha Beste leading the band, Odd Hours’ visual presence is just as important as their music – this is reflected in their bizarre but seductive music videos and live shows. Fans have compared Beste’s vocals to Siouxsie Sioux, Blondie, Karen O, and even Ian Curtis, which when combined with her stage presence, equal a sensual and dramatic emotional energy that demands attention.
Based in Detroit, Odd hours have headlined shows, played major local festivals, and completed several short midwest tours promoting their recently released EP, ‘norepinephrine + dopamine’ co-produced by electronic artist and producer, Jon Zott (Assemble Sound). Odd Hours is extremely expressive and personal but is intended to be the musical vehicle for audiences to expel their own inescapable feelings.
Imagine Madonna and Marilyn Manson holding hands.
norepinephrine + dopamine – EP album
‘New single and opening track, “SWTS,” which stands for “Sleeping with the Sun,” kicks norepinephrine + dopamine off with some atmosphere. Reverbed chimes instantly put you a bit on edge as Natasha Beste’s sultry vocals sing the opening lines. Beste’s vocals are unique in that she can sound like some 20’s jazz singer one moment and the next be screaming a yowl that rivals Karen O (and I don’t make that comparison lightly as O is basically my rock and roll spirit animal). You’ll be put on edge by “SWTS” but unable to resist it’s catchy beat. The video is just as artful as the band’s live set and looks like an a vintage horror movie meets 80’s music video. There are a few shows that even look like they could be featured in the opening for any season of American Horror Story, in a good way of course.’ -Under Bright Lights
The accompanying video for their first single “SWTS” is a true testament to Odd Hours theatrics; a great introduction to their provocative landscape, their lust filled, odd world. Full of if-David Lynch-cast-Lindsey Lohan-in-a-music-video vibes (Beste laughs excitedly at this comparison) aligns with the estranged bossiness of the song where Beste howls: “I thought someone told me / Like Christmas / I would get to make a wish list,” a vulnerable plea paralleled with warbled rock vocals, a sensibility carried throughout the EP…’ -AudioFemme
“Coinciding with the five-song record’s unveiling is a music video for lead track “SWTS” (an initialism for “Sleeping With the Sun”), filled with images of needle-punctured Voodoo dolls, tinsel slurped liked noodles, smashed fruit, and lipstick-smeared phone receivers.” -PopMatters
“The video, much like the band’s music, shows their ability to contrast different elements while having them function as one. The contrast of flat never ending sands of the desert to the looming hills of sand dunes, tagged with the sexual sensitivity and aggressiveness of Beste…” -Sound & Silence Magazine
norepinephrine + dopamine – EP album
‘New single and opening track, “SWTS,” which stands for “Sleeping with the Sun,” kicks norepinephrine + dopamine off with some atmosphere. Reverbed chimes instantly put you a bit on edge as Natasha Beste’s sultry vocals sing the opening lines. Beste’s vocals are unique in that she can sound like some 20’s jazz singer one moment and the next be screaming a yowl that rivals Karen O (and I don’t make that comparison lightly as O is basically my rock and roll spirit animal). You’ll be put on edge by “SWTS” but unable to resist it’s catchy beat. The video is just as artful as the band’s live set and looks like an a vintage horror movie meets 80’s music video. There are a few shows that even look like they could be featured in the opening for any season of American Horror Story, in a good way of course.’ -Under Bright Lights
The accompanying video for their first single “SWTS” is a true testament to Odd Hours theatrics; a great introduction to their provocative landscape, their lust filled, odd world. Full of if-David Lynch-cast-Lindsey Lohan-in-a-music-video vibes (Beste laughs excitedly at this comparison) aligns with the estranged bossiness of the song where Beste howls: “I thought someone told me / Like Christmas / I would get to make a wish list,” a vulnerable plea paralleled with warbled rock vocals, a sensibility carried throughout the EP…’ -AudioFemme
“Coinciding with the five-song record’s unveiling is a music video for lead track “SWTS” (an initialism for “Sleeping With the Sun”), filled with images of needle-punctured Voodoo dolls, tinsel slurped liked noodles, smashed fruit, and lipstick-smeared phone receivers.” -PopMatters
“The video, much like the band’s music, shows their ability to contrast different elements while having them function as one. The contrast of flat never ending sands of the desert to the looming hills of sand dunes, tagged with the sexual sensitivity and aggressiveness of Beste…” -Sound & Silence Magazine
Booking Email: oddhoursmusic@gmail.com
Booking Contact: Jaye Ann (Management)
Band Members
Natasha Beste: vocals, production
Clint Stuart: guitar, production
Adam Redmond: drums
Location: Detroit, MI
