| Oh Sees / Smote Reverser |
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| Album: | Smote Reverser | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Oh Sees | Added: | Nov 2018 | |
| Label: | Castle Face Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2018-12-23 | Pull Date: | 2019-02-24 |
| Week Ending: | Feb 17 | Feb 3 | Jan 27 | Jan 20 | Jan 13 | Jan 6 | Dec 30 |
| Airplays: | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 14, 2021: | Totally A (rebroadcast from Feb 1, 2019) Nail House Needle Boys | 4. | Feb 27, 2019: | Brownian Motion Anthemic Aggressor | |
| 2. | Jun 30, 2021: | Totally A (rebroadcast from Feb 1, 2019) Nail House Needle Boys | 5. | Feb 14, 2019: | Jams Run Free Overthrown | |
| 3. | Feb 27, 2019: | Take a spin C | 6. | Feb 13, 2019: | The Library Abysmal Urn |
| Album Review |
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| DJ Away Reviewed 2018-12-23 | ||
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Former San Francisco rock ’n’ roll godheads. Blasted psychedelic frenzy, walls of melting sound candy. This feels like their take on seventies prog, with a really dialed-in and dry, less anarchic sound, more focused on clarity and fidelity than before. The lyrics are a mix of scathing social commentary and high fantasy. RIYL Thee Oh Sees/OCS/&c., Ty Segall, King Gizzard, Thin Lizzy, sick riffs, eating cheap pizza and shouting at the tube while rolling a 20-sided die. Favorites: 3, 6, 7, 8, 9. FCC WARNING: 4. 1. (5:35)—Medium-fast, stuttering. Nice double drum patterns. Chugging ‘70s rock. Picks up near the end. 2. (3:53)—Mid-tempo jam. Wah wah soloing. 3. *(4:22)—Medium-fast. Thick boogie. Bouncy, fun, circus-like. 4. (2:41)—FCC (f***). Fast blown-out thrasher, old Oh Sees goes Napalm Death. 5. (7:42)—Slow, surfy jam into a trippy sock hop thing. Faded duet with former member Brigid Dawson. 6. *(4:57)—Slow, half-awake, bits of rhythm and blues. Misty and floating in a way early Kinks or Tame Impala fans alike might enjoy. 7. *(12:13)—Instrumental. Fast 7/8 beat. Soft Machine/Psychic Paramount flavor. Long jam with high keys, dry fuzzy soloing. Wild ending. Wow!!! 8. *(3:26)—Fast, noisy, surfy, tight, kinetic, catchy. Thick Thin Lizzy guitars. 9. *(4:41)—Mid-tempo, smeary, driving funk. Mellow verses, wiry instrumental breaks. Grooves hard. 10. (4:26)—Instrumental. Slow, spooky creep. 11. (6:04)—Mid-tempo, cool and a little melancholy. Wobbly synths, Deep Purple keys, goofy rock finish. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Sentient Oona | 6. | Moon Bog | |||
| 2. | Enrique El Cobrador | 7. | Anthemic Aggressor | |||
| 3. | C | 8. | Abysmal Urn | |||
| 4. | Overthrown | 9. | Nail House Needle Boys | |||
| 5. | Last Peace | 10. | Flies Bump Against The Glass | |||
| 11. | Beat Quest | |||||