Oddfellows Casino
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Oddfellows Casino are an English band signed to the Pickled Egg Records
label. They currently have two albums available: Yellow-bellied Wonderland and Winter Creatures. They also have a single. "Giant Redwoods" / "Put the Bird to Sleep". Their name comes from a Victorian
freak show
that once toured the British Isles
. Its founder, Ambrose Oddfellow, was said to have sported a rather flamboyant moustache.
Pickled Egg Records
Pickled Egg Records is a UK independent record label founded in Leicester in 1998 by Nigel Turner. It has dedicated itself to redressing the world’s musical balance in favour of quirky genius, bent tunefulness, noisy playfulness, jazz turmoil and inventive retro-futurism...
label. They currently have two albums available: Yellow-bellied Wonderland and Winter Creatures. They also have a single. "Giant Redwoods" / "Put the Bird to Sleep". Their name comes from a Victorian
Victorian era
The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...
freak show
Freak show
A freak show is an exhibition of biological rarities, referred to as "freaks of nature". Typical features would be physically unusual humans, such as those uncommonly large or small, those with both male and female secondary sexual characteristics, people with other extraordinary diseases and...
that once toured the British Isles
British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...
. Its founder, Ambrose Oddfellow, was said to have sported a rather flamboyant moustache.