Putrifiers II (VINYL) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Label: In The Red Recordings – ITR-235
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released: 2014
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock

A1        Wax Face
A2        Hang A Picture
A3        So Nice
A4        Cloud #1
A5        Flood's New Light
B1        Putrifiers II
B2        Will We Be Scared?
B3        Lupine Dominus
B4        Goodnight Baby
B5        Wicked Park

Distributed By – Revolver USA
Recorded At – The Hangar
Mastered At – Mr. Toad's
Lacquer Cut At – Prairie Cat Mastering
Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 22867
Published By – One Eyed Fat Girl Publishing
Artwork [Cover Art] – Kyle Ranson
Drums, Bass, Percussion – Chris Woodhouse
Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Vocals, Cello, Drums, Flute, Electronics – John Dwyer
Lacquer Cut By – MJR*
Layout – John Harlow, Matt Jones (14)
Mastered By – Tardon Feathered
Photography By [Photographs] – John Dwyer
Recorded By – Chris Woodhouse, John Dwyer
Saxophone – Mikal Cronin
Viola – K Dylan Edrich*
Vocals – Brigid Dawson
Vocals, Trumpet – Heidi Alexander
Die-cut jacket.
Includes free MP3 download coupon.
Barcode (Text): 7 59718 52351 5
Barcode (String): 759718523515

What's the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions Thee Oh Sees? Probably their riot-sparking live show, right? Visions of a guitar-chewing, speaker-smothering, tongue-wagging John Dwyer careening across your cranium, chased by a wild-eyed wrecking crew that drives every last hook home like it's a nail in the coffin of what one thought it meant to make 21st century rock 'n' roll? Yeah, that sounds about right. But it misses a more important point-how impossible Thee Oh Sees have been been to pin down since Dwyer launched it in the late '90s as a solo break from such sorely missed underground bands as Pink and Brown and Coachwhips. That restlessness extends to everything from the towering, thirteen-minute title track of 2010's Warm Smile LP to the mercurial moods of 2008's the Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In. And then there's the home-brewed symphonies of Castlemania and the high-wire hooks of Carrion Crawler / the Dream, which dropped a second drum set among sunburnt organs, dovetailing guitars and rail-jumping rhythms. If one prefers a slightly more subtle musical awakening, there's always Putrifiers II, the latest in a long line of Oh Sees albums that expands the group's sound well past your friendly neighborhood garage band. So while the space-odyssey nods of "Wax Face" actually sound like they're meant to melt one's ears straight off, the record's full of deviant detours, from the poison-tipped string parts and Eno-esque engineering of "So Nice" to the groove-locked Krautrock inclinations of "Lupine Dominus." the most noticeable element may be Dwyer's melodies, however, as they reveal a softer side to his songwriting, one that makes perfect sense considering just how disparate his dust-clearing influences are. Scott Walker, the Velvet Underground, the Zombies and the experimental Japanese act Les Rallizes Denudes are but a small taste of what informed Thee Oh Sees this time around, as Dwyer returned to the multi-instrumental ways of Castlemania-full-band sessions for another record are already underway-and rounded out a fuller, drier sound with drummer / engineer Chris Woodhouse and special guests like Mikal Cronin (sax), Heidi Maureen Alexander (trumpet, vocals) and K Dylan Edrich (viola). TracksCredits 1 Wax Face 2 Hang a Picture 3 So Nice 4 Cloud #1 5 Flood's New Light 6 Putrifiers II 7 Will We Be Scared? 8 Lupine Dominus 9 Goodnight Baby 10 Wicked Park

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format Detail: LP
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: ROCK
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 4/7/23