Or Does it Explode?

A page dedicated to the Madison, WI band ...Or Does it Explode? A wish brings rebirth.

…or Does it Explode? This does not make oDiE easy to explain or peg.

(oDiE) was born from the wish to rebuild and reimagine what was once known as Our Friends the Savages. With new guitarist, Brandon Boggess, and bassist, J Granberg, joining Shawn Bass and Erik Rasmuson a new project and vision was born. Melding elements of Midwest emo, post-hardcore, and post-rock oDiE explores the highs and lows of the human experience. While not overtly political, they do not sh

04/23/2026

This Saturday! See you then Chicago!
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04/19/2026

We’re just one week away from returning to Chicago since recording there! Can’t wait to play the famous .club with and See you next Saturday Chicago!

03/24/2026

We got the stamp of approval.

03/19/2026

One more day of mixing at and then it’s onto mastering and vinyl pressing!

03/07/2026

See you tonight, Milwaukee! With , ,

02/28/2026

We are home from the studio and excited to play these songs live! One week and we’ll be back in Milwaukee with a banger lineup! Can’t wait to play again with new friends and Come hang!

02/26/2026

Chicago has been so good to us! Thanks to and all the folks at for their skill and hospitality! Also thanks to .creative and for joining us and capturing this photo with many more as well as video! We can’t wait to come back in April to play .club with and !

02/21/2026

Getting ready to record!

02/21/2026

We’re there.

02/20/2026

We’re focused today on heading to Electrical Audio to record our next album, BUT we’re also excited about this show coming up in a couple of weeks! You can hear a lot of the upcoming album freshly recorded and honed! Can’t wait to finally play with and make new friends with and ! See you at Milwaukee!