Itchy-O


ITCHY-O is a 57-member avant-garde music performance group based in Denver.

History

First formed in 2009, ITCHY-O released their EP Inferno! in 2011 and their full-length LP Burn the Navigator in September 2014. Both works were engineered by Bob Ferbrache. The group signed with the iconic label Alternative Tentacles in 2014.
produced , a 2013 short documentary on the band; the documentary was selected as a finalist for the and was featured at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto.
ITCHY-O was voted Denver's best Avant-Garde act in 2014 and best Experimental band in 2015, 2016, and 2017 by Westword.
ITCHY-O has performed at events such as Riot Fest, Film on the Rocks at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Austin's Art Outdoors festival, the Stanley Film Festival, Tucson's All Souls Procession, San Francisco's Day of the Dead Festival, Atlanta's Goat Farm and Denver's Biennial of the Americas. They have played on stage with David Byrne & St. Vincent, and shared billing with Devo, Beats Antique, Warlock Pinchers, Extra Action Marching Band, The Melvins, March Fourth, and many others.
ITCHY-O has performed at the world-renowned horror-fantasy festival, Fantastic Fest in Austin three years in a row and played four centerpiece shows in Hobart, Tasmania at MONA FOMA's wintertime festival in 2016.
ITCHY-O performed at the immersive art exhibit Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, NM on March 25, 2017, as well as the Breckenridge International Festival of Arts on August 11, 2017.
ITCHY-O's second full-length album, From the Overflowing was released on Alternative Tentacles in September 2017. The group embarked on a tour that autumn in support of the album. ITCHY-O performed From the Overflowing live in studio on WGN-TV on October 5, 2017.
The band released a 2018 concept album on their own Mettle Studios label, with each side of the vinyl evoking a distinct realm: Mystic Spy engages with "the idea of spiritual larceny or a sort of abstract esoteric espionage," while Psykho Dojo is devoted to taiko soundscapes.

Albums