Michael Cormier-O'Leary

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Michael Cormier-O'Leary is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter, composer, and improviser. Under his name, he has released 4 songwriter albums (Days Like Pearls, M-F, More Light!!, Anything Can Be Left Behind) and 2 collections of instrumental music (Heard From the Next Room and Brief Hold EP). He is also credited with scoring music for the new podcast 'Drifting Off With Joe Pera' ​ He is the primary composer and bandleader of the shapeshifting instrumental collective Hour, with twin 2018 releases ('Tiny Houses' and 'Anemone Red') receiving accolades from Stereogum, Pitchfork, and NPR, among others. Comedian Joe Pera cited 'Tiny Houses' as being a record he had on heavy rotation during the writing of season 3 of his Adult Swim show 'Joe Pera Talks With You' ​ Cormier-O'Leary is a founding member of the alt-country band Friendship, with critically-lauded releases ('Dreamin' and 'Shock Out of Season') on Owen Ashworth's Orindal Records and a brand new record (Love The Stranger) out now on Merge Records. The band continues to tour the country extensively. ​ In 2019, Cormier-O'Leary founded Dear Life Records, a label that has since released music by Kath Bloom, MJ Lenderman, Florry, Natalie Jane Hill, Wendy Eisenberg, Karl Blau, and countless others. It's become a forward-thinking label that seeks to highlight the intersection of folk music traditions with improvised and experimental song forms.

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