Tricks (album)
Tricks (stylized as TrickS) is the fifth studio album by electro-industrial band ohGr. The album was funded via a PledgeMusic campaign and was released on June 18, 2018 after a number of delays. The band raised $20,000 within a few days of announcing their campaign. The band embarked on a North American tour alongside Paul Barker's Lead into Gold and Omniflux. In January 2019, producer Mark Walk told Billboard that PledgeMusic had owed the band $100,000 and that they had been unable to manufacture merchandise and fulfill orders since the album's release. Background Work on Tricks began as early as 2011, directly after the release of the band's fourth album, UnDeveloped, and continued through 2018. The album was officially announced on May 13, 2017 and was originally intended for release in October, 2017. When it became clear that the album still needed post-production refinement and would not be ready for October, Ohgr announced a tour co-headlining with fellow industrial band KMFDM. Ultimately, the album was released digitally on June 18, 2018. It was immediately followed by the announcement of a full North American tour with Lead into Gold as the opening act. PledgeMusic controversy Producer Mark Walk said that they