Diamond Rings

Diamond Rings is Toronto-based recording artist John O. He writes songs you either already, or will one day, sing in the shower.

Diamond Rings - You & Me 7"

Diamond Rings is pleased to announce that he will be rounding out an incredible year by supporting Junior Boys on a slew of European tour dates kicking off in Stockholm on November 18th. In addition to the tour, Diamond Rings’ critically acclaimed debut full-length Special Affections will be available in Europe on November 1st courtesy of Astralwerks.

Diamond Rings will also release a limited edition 7” featuring the choice Special Affections cut You & Me on the A-Side. The flip side sees John O apply his signature danceable interpretation to Teenage Fanclub’s Mellow Doubt. The digital version is already available on iTunes in Europe and North America, with the vinyl available on the European tour and in Canada as of November 29 via Secret City.

Listen To O’Regan’s cover of Teenage Fanclub’s “Mellow Doubt” here courtesy of Pitchfork.

NOW Toronto interviews director of Diamond Rings new video, "It's Not My Party"

"I remember at the end of the night as John was desperately trying to hail a cab, a man came up to me and asked “Are you with her?” I said “Yes - she’s wasted and it’s time for me to take her home.”"

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Diamond Rings at Vancouver's Biltmore Cabaret on Backstage Rider

"Diamond Rings is equal parts neon bright colours and gangly tree-limbs, smeared lipstick and a great shaved head, amazing sweet lyrics and Casiotone overload."

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Diamond Rings' LA Show Review on One Thirty BPM

"Sure, we get countless excellent shows in Los Angeles. Hell, we even got at least three last weekend. But, Diamond Rings brought something special and memorable to the table"

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Diamond Rings extends North American tour

Diamond Rings isn’t showing any signs of slowing down in 2011 after a 2010 that saw him go from curiosity to pop-star in just a few months. Since the October release of Special Affections he’s scored big support from Pitchfork, grabbed New York Times and NME nods, landed on to the cover of Exclaim! and scored the number 2 spot in the 6th annual hottest bands in Canada poll behind only Arcade Fire. As if that wasn’t enough, In December he announced that he’d be supporting pop superstar Robyn on her 2011 North American tour starting in January. Now we’re pleased to announce that John O will staying on the road through April on a co-headline tour with Canadian pals PS I Love You. Full tour details are on the shows page.

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Diamond Rings to tour with Robyn

Secret City Records is please to announce that pop-prince Diamond Rings will be touring the United States with international sensation Robyn in January and February. These is the dates:

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Diamond Rings on Daytrotter

"The songs, when they are bare and shivering as they are here, with stark instrumentation - accompaniment from a single guitar pulled down from the studio wall or the upright piano in the corner - are bleeding and pulsing examples of hypersensitivity and of a narrator who has been to some dark places."

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Diamond Rings on the SPIN blog

"Diamond Rings’ debut, Special Affections, has four or five of the catchiest choruses I’ve heard this year... some seriously well-crafted, catchy music."

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Diamond Rings on KEXP Song of the Day

"irresistible"

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Special Affections Pitchfork Review (8.2)

"But as fascinating as it is to hear an indie rock artist step outside of his comfort zone, both musically and emotionally, Special Affections' skeletal electro-pop sketches routinely fortify into full-blooded anthemic choruses that make O'Regan's liberation your own. ... an exemplary model of how one can live out blinged-out fantasies on a cubic zirconia budget."

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