Freak Owls was created, in the spring of 2009, from the amalgamation of ideas, restlessness, and anxieties of Josh Ricchio. After spending the past 12 years playing and touring in a wide variety of collaborative rock bands (most recently, “Pela”, “Ladycop”, “The Symphony Case”), the desire to lock himself in a room and write what he calls, “catchiness incarnate” became too great.

Each song, indeed catchier than the last, is textured with over-layering vocal choruses, sparkling acoustics, and Gnarls Barkley-like danceable beats. All at once pulling influences from The Beach Boys, Iron & Wine, Bon Iver, Local Natives and Death Cab For Cutie, “Taxidermy’s” songs make you want to curl up to them and sing along at the same time. A very personal and uplifting set of smiles and moist eyes, Freak Owls wants to warm the heart and chill the spine.

“Taxidermy” was recorded by Eric Sanderson (Pela), and features Kolby Wade, Cody Geil, and Kerry Beach on a variety of sounds, voices and instruments. It will be released in March, 2010 on Sing Engine Records.

In the year since the release of the debut, and after whittling down the lineup from a 5-piece to 3, Freak Owls have brought their unique blend of indie-folk-pop on the road to a majority of the US, as well as having played festivals in England, Canada, and as far away as Latvia. Selling out their first few runs of cd’s while placing multiple songs in movies and on TV, including a number of songwriting nominations such as The John Lennon, SongCircle, and 100% Music Songwriting Competitions, Freak Owls are gearing up to support the release of their new follow-up EP entitled, “Orchestrates”, which sees the trio expanding their sound to greater intensities and smaller intricasies.