Hey there folks! My name is Mike. I'm the vocalist of Raunchy (Denmark)

I have two studio projects, Rest Among Ruins and Ordinance, and I've done session vocals for some really fun projects including Haunted Shores, Star Monarchy, Aenimus, and Memoirs.

I am also the former vocalist of Intervals (Canada) and The HAARP Machine (UK).

I'm very passionate about singing, writing, and playing guitar and bass. Here's a list of my wonderful gear that allows me to do what I do:

Ibanez S Series Prestige

Ibanez SDGR

Shure SM7B

Great River ME-1NV

Apogee Duet

Protools 10

A necessary shout out to my biggest supporters and fans, Mom, Dad, Chris and Pat! Love you guys!

 Fusing classic British guitar pop with Motown and Stax grooves..the missing link between the Arctic Monkeys and the golden age of doo-wop – The Guardian

The world is theirs for the seducing – Evening Standard

A talent for ska-inflected, hook-filled rock ¬– Sunday Times hottest download

Various Cruelties is the musical alias of the prodigiously talented Liam O’Donnell – a teenage Strokes fan with a sweetly soulful voice and a head full of classic soul standards, equally in thrall to the ‘New York cool’ of Richard Hell, Percy Sledge and Orange Juice.
Born in London to a Scottish father and an Irish mother, and a distant relative of Oscar Wilde, O’Donnell moved to Leeds at an early age where he spent his teenage years following the well-trodden ‘indie’ path - summer bank holidays at the Leeds festival and a record collection full of Verve and Stone Roses albums. Yet and early taste for the soul-classics made him realise musically there existed a world beyond. 

Moving to London, it proved a struggle to escape the the ‘singer-songwriter’ tag.  A booking at a Communion night in Brighton proved to be a turning point – realising he had no desire to tread the well-worn ‘troubadour’ path and inspired by recently supporting the Villagers, Liam decided to do what he wanted; ditch performing under his own name and, inspired by an Ed Ruscha exhibition, start working under the Various Cruelties tag.


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Hi we're a band from New Zealand, living in London. We make all our records in our living room DIY styles.

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