Success Express Presents

Alex Ohm + Jessie Reid, Si Connelly

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Last Show: Friday 11 th March 2022

PizzaExpress Live (Birmingham)

Alex Ohm’s alternative, cinematic symphonies reflect the wide range of influences that inspire his work and come together to create his band's unique sound. Midlands based songsmith, Ohm has become a renowned name on the local music scene and beginning to make a name for himself far and wide. With several sold out shows already under his belt, Alex has also opened shows for the likes of Ian Brown, The Charlatans, Ocean Colour Scene and Peter Doherty to name a few as well as touring worldwide.

Alex Ohm

The band have been busy since releasing their Debut EP 'At first a drop’ in 2017 which featured the single ‘Through the storm’ song that received huge praise from radio and press alike as well as becoming the soundtrack for the John Lewis promotional video for their Birmingham flagship store. 

After winning the inaugural Pirate Studios ‘Prodigy’ competition in 2018, the band stormed numerous festivals across England including Isle of Wight Festival, Y Not Festival, Truck Fest and Tramlines.

2020 saw a triumphant start with sold out shows for BBC Introducing and Nottingham’s Rough Trade, Alex released two singles with one of those  raising £700 pound for the mental health charity Mind and making the semi-finals of the International Songwriting Competition from 26,000 entrants. Despite the crippling pandemic, Alex managed to play sold out, socially distanced gigs as well as holding an online ‘Ohm alone’ tour.

2021 saw the release ‘The Lost Persons Meeting Point’ EP on February 12th with two featured singles Hours and Sometimes. The EP received over 50,000 streams, 13,000 video views plus additional 8,000 live video views and great reviews from press and radio.  The band played numerous live dates and festivals during the summer and released their single ‘Joy’ on 25th June 2021.  On the track Ohm beamed, ‘I think it’s the happiest song I’ve ever written! I usually tend to write with some sort of underlying synoecism in my songs, but this is a real feel good, summer song.’  Joy went on to be featured in a advert, played on national radio and received 65,000 plays on Spotify.

Ohm stated ‘I wrote it in the midst of the pandemic but looking to the future. Imaging a time when restrictions and constraints have eases. It’s a song of hope and positive thinking.’Midlands based songsmith, Alex Ohm has become a renowned name on the local music scene and beginning to make a name for himself far and wide.

Jessie Reid

Jessie Reid’s folk-influenced, percussive fingerstyle guitar playing has drawn comparisons with the likes of Ben Howard, Lucy Rose and Nick Mulvey

Absolutely sublime. Delicious grooving guitar and delicate textured vocals… we await news of further releases with bated breath” – Tom Robinson.

"There’s truly something to be said about artists that can stop you in your tracks with a few simple elements, and the Shropshire-born Jessie Reid is one of those artists." – Earmilk

Si Connelly

Spending his childhood years travelling under his Dad’s DJ booth, in the spit and sawdust nightclubs of England, Si Connelly emerged, with a vast pallet of influences and a suitcase of emotionally cracked songs.  After years on the underground touring scene, London based Singer-Songwriter Si Connelly released his long-awaited debut album ‘Youth War & Joy’ in 2016, on the West One Music label. Si is due to release his fourth studio album in 2023, but ahead of that his is currently touring the UK, with 2022,  releasing one new EP a month.

“Ive worked with the best. The best singers I have worked with? Mick Jagger, Amy Winehouse and Si Connelly. You wont have heard of him …. yet.” - Dom Morley, Grammy award-winning producer.

“Insanely talented” - BBC Introducing