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Thee Oh Sees
- Record Label: In the Red Records
- Release Date: Nov 8, 2011
- Summary: This is the second album in 2011 for the alternative rock band led by John Dwyer.
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- Record Label: In the Red Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Garage Punk, Lo-Fi
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 13
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Mixed: 1 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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Mar 15, 2012This John Dwyer-led, San Francisco collective's jagged psych-punk has always been ear catching, but this ups the ante.
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Nov 29, 2011The music is equally scattered, slapdash, and frantic. It's also brilliant.
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Nov 16, 2011Mission deliciously accomplished, sir.
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Nov 16, 2011Diehards and newbies alike will revel in its weird, wild well-roundedness.
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Nov 22, 2011Short blasts of distortion leave their mark throughout the album, guitar tones evoking the image of exploding paint cans in a mid-size room, adding to the unruly spirit of the band's albums and live sets.
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Nov 16, 2011Although it would break the needle on the bizarre meter for a more conventional band, Carrion Crawler/The Dream is a pretty straightforward release in the world of Thee Oh Sees.
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Nov 22, 2011It's a well recorded, well played effort, and it nestles into genre expectation very nicely. But weirdly, with one extremely notable exception, the songs are predictable and average.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Sep 14, 2013
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