Ora Cogan – Hard Hearted Woman
Ora Cogan releases her album and Sacred Bones debut, Hard Hearted Woman.
Hard Hearted Woman includes the singles “The Smoke”, “Division” and “Honey.”
Ora Cogan’s music is alchemical: part instinct, part ritual, and always conjured from the edges where life feels sharpest. With Hard Hearted Woman, she mixes haunted folk, psych rock, and a shadowy strain of country, building a realm where catharsis feels lush, mysterious and vital. Shaken by the tenor of modern life, Cogan pulled in a circle of kindred musicians and made a record shaped by someone who has looked into the abyss and decided, again and again, to choose curiosity.
Hard Hearted Woman grew out of a blur of cold-water plunges, long river swims, late-night ruminations with friends on art and politics, and long drives through the rural Lillooet landscape to visit her godmother. Alongside her band and guests from both the country and experimental worlds, she recorded with David Parry (Loving) at Dream Club in Victoria, B.C., as well as in her studio in Nanaimo, and remotely with Tom Deis. The result glows like something pulled from smoke and seawater — intimate, shimmering, and carved with wit as much as grief. It’s a swirling, jewel-toned ode to all the angels and the demons.
A work of devotion to mystery, to community, and to the strange power of making art in a fractured world, Hard Hearted Woman is a record about hardness and resilience; it’s the shell we grow so our most human, breakable selves can survive. Hard Hearted Woman is for anyone trying to stay open, even when the world makes that feel impossible.
Ora Cogan Tour Dates:
Fri. March 13 – Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl (Album Release Show)
Thu. March 19 – Brighton, UK @ The Hope & Ruin
Fri. March 20 – Oxford, UK @ The Nest
Sat. March 21 – Manchester, UK @ Yes Pink Room
Sun. March 22 – Newcastle, UK @ The Lubber Fiend
Tue. March 24 – Edinburgh, UK @ Sneaky Pete’s
Wed. March 25 – Glasgow, UK @ Room 2
Fri. March 27 – Galway, IE @ Roisin Dubh
Sat. March 28 – Dublin, IE @ Whelans
Sun. March 29 – Cork, IE @ Wavelength at Cyprus Avenue
Wed. April 1 – Sheffield, UK @ Sidney & Matilda
Thu. April 2 – Bristol, UK @ Rough Trade
Fri. April 3 – London, UK @ Dingwalls
Fri. May 1 – Nanaimo, BC @ The Vault Cafe
Sat. May 2 – Olympia, WA @ Wild Child
Sun. May 3 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Tue. May 5 – San Juan Bautista, CA @ Coyote Call Bar
Wed. May 6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon
Fri. May 8 – Tucson, AZ @ Slow Body Beer
Sat. May 9 – Santa Fe, NM @ El Ray
Sun. May 10 – Silver City, NM @ Whiskey Creek Zócalo
Thu. May 14 – San Diego, CA @ The Banshee
Fri. May 15 – Oakland, CA @ The Stork
Sat. May 16 – Nevada City, CA @ Honey Hills Festival
Sun. May 17 – Arcata, CA @ Outer Space
Tue. May 19 – Seattle, WA @ Substation
Wed. May 20 – Victoria, BC @ Other Guise Theatre
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