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The Oh Sees- Sucks Blood (Garage Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Freak Folk) Released: March 20, 2007 [Castle Face Records] Producer(s): Kelley Stoltz, The Oh Sees
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The Oh Sees- Sucks Blood (Garage Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Freak Folk) Released: March 20, 2007 [Castle Face Records] Producer(s): Kelley Stoltz, The Oh Sees
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Thee Oh Sees - Putrifiers II
John Dwyer has been very busy for the last 15 years or so, fronting some of california's most prolific garage bands for some years. From Pink and Brown, to Coachwhips and The Hospitals, all have garnered critical acclaim and legendary status through their wild performances and trademark lo-fi, tape machine sound. Thee Oh Sees is John Dwyer's only project right now, but it'd be wrong to give him all of the credit. Thee Oh Sees' line up also contains Brigid Dawson, who's gorgeous vocals recently appeared in Ty Segall's latest single, and Petey Dammit, who acts as the band's bassist, but confusingly plays a Baritone guitar. Starting as a solo endeavour making psych-folk noise collage, Thee Oh Sees have gone from OCS to The OhSees to Thee Oh Sees, and have constantly contorted their sound since around 2006, at a two-album-per-year consistent pace. Putrifiers II is a refinement of the sounds of Carrion Crawler/The Dream, released last year, which also saw the release of Castlemania.
Putrifiers II reverts back to a much more nostalgic sound, and has a lot of sonic-links to the 60's. It is also one of the more uniformed releases by Thee Oh Sees, and one of the only records they've released in their 8 years that conforms to one sound throughout. The production and recording of each track seems much cleaner than their previous efforts, and is much cleaner than the earlier recordings from John Dwyer when they were OCS.
The album begins with a picked guitar part, after which thumping drusm play in vocals from Dwyer and Dawson, complimenting eachother throughout, a theme which continues through most of Thee Oh Sees' previous releases. There seems to have been a mellowing out of the group's styles, and while Putrifiers has it's loud and heavy moments, there's also a couple of slowed down songs, particularly "Will We Be Scared?" and the closer, "Wicked Park", with twee vocals, slow tempo and acid-sodden lyrics conjure nostalgic imagery from the 50's and 60's, and are huge highlights on this album.
Putrifiers II definitely has a more directional sound from Thee Oh Sees, and reverts back to their Sucks Blood era in a cleaner and more concisely composed way than has previously been achieved. Stylistically, Putrifiers is an excellent 14th edition to their discography.
Best Tracks: Wicked Park, Will We Be Scared, So Nice, Lupine Dominus
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Sucks Blood - The Ohsees
