“Strangely constructed dirt-pop/blues with all sorts of bizarre synth noise (see the title track) and incredibly soulful vocals. It’s the band’s best work in quite some time, and it’s a shame they aren’t known on a national scale. If you’re looking for a challenging, abrasive yet poppy rock record to tackle this fall, look no further.”
-Alternative Press review of “Fools Want Noise,” 11/08 (3.5 stars out of 4)

“Comparisons to such legendary oddballs as Frank Zappa, Pere Ubu and Devo are pretty spot on, and the band’s most recent effort, Fools Want Noise, may well be its most potent collection of keyboard drenched wackiness.
Music this arty and thoughtful can only come from truly inspired minds.”
-Dallas Observer

“For close to a decade, Chicago’s Oh My God has been creating some of the most shizophrenic music the underground has heard. Landing somewhere between power-pop and prog-rock, the band simultanteously evokes bands as different as Weezer and Yes. With their whirling organ grinds and frenetic, freakish rhythms, the band proves they can create intricate textures without sacrificing the song or its hook. Their recordings and performances have earned endless acclaim, and with the long-awaited album Fools Want Noise, they are sure to garner greater attention.’
-Buffalo ArtVoice

“OMG is such a glorious mess of contradictions that even fans of artsy Noise Rock scratch their heads. Billy O’Neill has a muscular croon on par with any AOR frontman but sings with all the seriousness of The Frogs. Likewise, the band’s potential to be Stoner Rock gods (complete with distorted Hammond organ) is tempered by carefully orchestrated musical ADD that swings to Punk and Crunchy Pop extremes. YOU’LL DIG IT IF YOU DIG: Deep Purple meets Weezer with Monster Magnet heaviness.”
-Cincinnati City Beat preview for 2008 Midpoint Music Festival

“Oh my god crafts music that employs the unlikely juxtaposition of Krautrock/prog architecture and Midwestern pop sensibilities….This hard-touring band has always been so good live that we’ve counted them as favorites….Onstage the trio sells it to the crowd with such energy, joy and power that we’ve often confused it for an actual noise or punk or hard-rock band—odd, considering that there are no guitars. Or at least there weren’t prior to the band’s latest….what adding an ax really does is emancipate the band’s secret weapon, keyboardist Ig, from having to be a guitar stand-in, allowing him to let his fingers get fantastically freaky and glorious goofy. This development makes oh my god’s live sets even more intriguing, and this pair of record-release shows could be some of the better of the summer.”
-Time Out Chicago preview for Fools Want Noise release shows in Chicago