Portland, OR guitarist, singer and lyricist Olivia Awbrey crafts transcendental guitar riffs that pierce through her self-aware and culturally critical storytelling, making way for a new voice on the indie rock scene that parallels the heavy hitters.
Her debut, self-released EP Fight or Fight quickly found popularity and led to sold out shows throughout the West Coast and UK. A singer-songwriter by nature, Awbrey balances sardonic critique of politics and culture with measured optimism and witty self-interrogation of her place in the world as a queer woman. Her debut LP, Dishonorable Harvest (Quick Pickle Records) out now, is an unparalleled blend of guitar feedback and pop-infused synth lines, of poetic intrigue and relatable angst.
After a year of touring solo on the back of Fight or Fight, opening for artists like The Beths, Mal Blum, and Japanese Breakfast, Awbrey coincidentally met and became good friends with CJ Thorpe-Tracey, one of England’s most prized underground political songwriters, as well as guitarist Jen Macro (My Bloody Valentine) and Jon Clayton (engineer at One Cat Studio). After partially recording a few of the tracks in Portland with her band, Awbrey flew to London to finish the record with input from the British cohort.
Dishonorable Harvest is a 10-song album written by Olivia Awbrey and co-produced by CJ Thorpe-Tracey. Recorded at Destination Universe in Portland, Oregon and One Cat Studio in London, UK. Artwork by Carolyn Supinka.
