PRISEN EP
price: $8.00
released: 9-27-11
format: CD digipak
The Cloak Ox - "Prison" (official video) - Filmed, Directed, and Edited by Isaac Gale
The Cloak Ox is made of four men; Andrew Broder, Jeremy Ylvisaker, Mark Erickson and Martin Dosh. These men are from Minneapolis, MN and established the group in late 2010. All the members have been friends for many years and have played a lot of music, together and apart. The Cloak Ox plays unpretentious, smartly written rock and roll, purposeful and sinister. Their debut release, Prisen, is a six song mini-album of epic proportions– it's songs spiked with dark humor and vivid imagery, played with bar-band vigor.
Totally Gross National Product is humbled by the opportunity to work with these wonderful musicians, as we have been fans of every band these players have ever been a part of. We’ve witnessed these fellow Minneapolis-based artists' growth throughout the entire duration of Fog, Dosh, and all of the band members' many offshoots, guest appearances and collaborations- from basement shows to national television. They have nurtured our own creative aspirations, and influenced us more than they could know. The chance to fight on the same team as these four gentlemen excites us beyond belief.
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