LP - Thee Oh Sees - Drop
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LP - Thee Oh Sees - Drop - In what seems like mere months since Thee Oh Sees announced their hiatus we are treated not only to a John Dwyer solo album (the awesome Damaged Bug LP) but also this platter right here Drop - Thee Oh Sees twelfth studio album since 2006 (not counting numerous singles collected and EPs of the 12 & 7-inch variety). As you might expect its on Dwyers label Castle Face so listen up to what theyre layin down-Our lad John P. Dwyer has been lancing eardrums with Thee Oh Sees in an ever-escalating flurry of records for the past six years. Since the release of The Masters Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In announced a new loud era (and excepting a few momentary detours into home-baked territoryDog Poison and Castlemania for example) Dwyer and company have pummeled a bit harder each time out cementing their reputation as a live force to be reckoned with and leaving legions sweaty and bruised in the process. Late last year after years of relentlessly touring the world the word got out Dwyers moving to Los Angeles (fear not still California!) and Thee Oh Sees are taking a much-needed hiatus with a shifting of gears ahead and a new album on the way. This is that album. Drop was recorded in a banana-ripening warehouse (no joke) with hair-farming studio warlock Chris Woodhouse playing drums its also graced with the presence of talented gurus Mikal Cronin Greer McGettrick and Casafis adding horns and vocals. The result pushes the familiar polarities of the group farther outward than ever before. Opener Penetrating Eye might be the heaviest Oh Sees song yet Transparent World and Put Some Reverb On My Brother foam with seasick fuzz and yet the ballads like the harpsichorded Kings Nose and the lush and stately closer The Lens extend their oeuvre into mellotronic far-out pop with delicacy and grace. This schizophrenia heralds the man and the band into an unseen future in classic Dwyer fashionrestless energy harnessed into exquisitely crafted jams with an emphasis on the pensive and the paranoid in turns.After the pummeling and inventive ferocity of last years Floating Coffin the measured attack of Drop seems like a step back (or at least a step sideways) for our fair heroes but repeated listens are rewarded with many treasures the weird squiggling synth lines and unexpected melodic twists on tunes like the hypnotic burner Encrypted Bounce and the stately acid-bubbler Savage Victory. Drop also has its fair share of barnstormers like opener Penetrating Eye that sounds like a leaner and meaner version of the classic lineup (despite everything - sans drums - being played by Dwyer himself). If youre already a fan this writeup is meaningless and youve already DROPd this one in your shopping cart (eh? eh?) but if youre on the fence REST ASSURED - Drop is well worth your time. Were digging it FULL ON and might need a hanky or two to wipe off the moistened areas after spinning this a few times. RECOMMENDED x INFINITY ~ DWYER 4 PREZ. 015201610
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