Owl

Owl - Chris Wyse, Dan Dinsmore, Jason Mezilis

Owl is the L.A. CLUB scene’s best-kept secret. The band is a collaboration between bassist/singer Chris Wyse (The Cult/Ozzy), drummer Dan Dinsmore (The Clay People), and guitarist Jason Mezilis (Your Horrible Smile).

Wyse and Dinsmore met growing up in New York and have now realized their dream of playing in a band together. Local Los Angeles luminary Mezilis rounds out the line-up.

Owl is the brainchild of Wyse, who wrote and produced the album. It was recorded at Matt Sorum’s DRAC Studios in Los Angeles and produced and mixed in various locations on the east and west coasts. Owl’s debut album is out now on New York-based indie label Overit Records.

Their self-titled debut album boasts an eclectic mix of sounds and themes crafted outside the norms of the traditional modern rock record format. An instrumental piece serves to bookend the songs on the album, thereby encasing the listener inside a musical journey. Mezilis explains, “This record takes you someplace special.”

Owl’s first single, “Pusher” co-written with songwriter/producer Marti Fredriksen (Aerosmith, Eminem) and “More on Drugs,” Wyseís doom-laden, sometimes apocalyptic visions border on psychedelia, with the insistence that sex can be every bit as powerful an addiction and the blast at TV ads touting legal pharmaceuticals and their long list of side effects. He rails against society’s dogmas and hypocrisies.

Watch the music video for “Pusher”: