Cullen Omori, former frontman for Smith Westerns, making most of second chance
Cullen Omori - Photo by Alexa Lopez Editors Note: Cullen Omori's show at the Independent on April 5th has been cancelled. ***** Left For Dead. That ominous three-word phase is the opening salvo of Cullen Omori’s “Synthetic Romance,” an otherwise sweeping and rich up-tempo pop number from the his debut solo album, New Misery. Omori’s macabre initial statement may seem a little dramatic, particularly for a boyish-looking troubadour who is just 25 years old, but the one-time frontman of the Smith Westerns is already a grizzled veteran of the music business, and after seeing his former band dissipate under a [...]