As one of the hottest bands out of Sweden, Mando Diao has spent much of the last two years on the road, packing shows all over Europe, Japan and the U.S., and picking up gold records in several European countries. The themes of ODE TO OCHRASY were born out of the band's experiences on the road, while supporting their critically acclaimed second album, HURRICANE BAR. The band was most taken by "Ochrasy" a term which made up for those wee hours of the night, after the show, post-after party, before the start of the next day. It is a place and a state of mind somewhere between dream and reality. All of these experiences inspired the songs on ODE TO OCHRASY, where lyrics reference the characters they met on the road, and the bizarre encounters the band had in those early hours of the morning.