Orc

Orc is another classic Oh Sees album that shows no signs of wear and tear anyplace in the operation. With Orc, the band consolidate the strengths of their joint 2016 releases, A Weird Exits and An Odd Entrances, streamlining their grab-bag experimentation into a more fluid flow and quasi-conceptual framework. About half the record is made up of songs that are a white-hot blast of blown-out guitars, dual drummers bashing the living snot out of their kits, a bassist trying to hold it all together in the middle of a hurricane, and John Dwyer yelping like he just put his hand down on a hot stove.

Orc jams

Dead Medic

THIS 12" SINGLE WAS CULLED FROM SOME LONGER JAMS DURING THE ORC SESSIONS (ONE OF WHICH IS A COVER OF A MOST EXCELLENT OLD SCHOOL SWEDISH BAND CALLED "TRÄD GRÄS OCH STENAR").

THIS ONE IS FOR OUR FANS, IT'S A YEAR END HOLIDAY CELEBRATION SLAB OF WAX MEANT TO PUT AWAY OUR OLD 2017 EGO AND PUSH FORWARD INTO 2018, A YEAR WHERE WE ALL DO BETTER BY OURSELVES, BY OTHERS AND BY THE WORLD.

IT'S BEEN A HEAVY ONE, NO DOUBT, BUT THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE AND STRENGTH. SO SIT BACK AND FEAR NOT, YOU WON'T HAVE TO GET UP AGAIN TO FLIP IT FOR LIKE...11 MINUTES.

TAKE A BREATH AND LOOK FORWARD.

Clearly Invisible

Clearly Invisible is a dirty live one-take studio recording filled with sustained notes fizzling out into feedback and loads of the epic dense guitar that made Thee Oh Sees one of the best rock bands on Earth! This is pure John Dwyer freely rocking-out with no regard for structure of any kind. It’s a true early krautrock improvisational styled song that knows no boundaries. This song is unique in Thee Oh Sees lexicon because the “song structure” is Clearly Invisible.

This single is weird, noisy, challenging and far-out and will appeal to hardcore Oh Sees fans but is not a place to start with this band because Clear Invisible is a step outside of what we normally hear from Thee Oh Sees and that alone makes this one a treat.