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Aug 23, 2017The record is an absolutely evil stunner from front to back, top to bottom, head to toes and everywhere in between, and whips up the same kind of radiant, strange awe that the band’s overdriven catalog has so generously perpetrated album after wicked album.
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Oct 5, 2017Thoroughly anti-social and wonderfully obnoxious throughout, this is kick-arse psych’n’roll as it should be.
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MagnetSep 18, 2017Orc is a continuation of the careening energy and creativity that has defined the most recent handful of Oh Sees' record, making it one of the most beastly in the bunch. [No. 146, p.59]
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Aug 25, 2017It’s a good balance of moods and sounds--a welcome trot from a band more inclined to sprint.
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Aug 25, 2017Orc is another classic Oh Sees album that shows no signs of wear and tear anyplace in the operation.
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Aug 25, 2017Perhaps album 20 will take them, whatever their name is then, fully back into the light. For now, ORC's darkness suits us fine.
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Aug 23, 2017Fans who have joined the ride at some point in the past 20 years will no doubt be delighted with the dense, stomping chapter found in Orc, though newcomers might feel like they've wandered into a story very much in progress and may be more compelled by some of the band's earlier records.
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Aug 22, 2017The best part about it is the Oh Sees manages to make this shift while still sounding like themselves, holding true with some killer bursts of distorted guitar and psychedelic reverb throughout.
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Aug 21, 2017While previous Oh Sees tunes have tended toward explorations of mood, spread out over a krautrock-scented riff or two, here individual songs find themselves bursting at the seams with ideas.
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MojoAug 18, 2017Dwyer's crew are oft-cited as the world's most exciting live rock band; they're also making some of its most exciting rock records. [Sep 2017, p.93]
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UncutAug 18, 2017For shredheads, there's urgent opener "The Static God," while the superb "Animated Violence" alternates between the album's twin moods of sustained guitar menace and reflective percussive ambience. [Sep 2017, p.35]
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Aug 18, 2017Despite all of the quixotic ups and downs in the tunes the album never loses its sense of purpose or momentum.
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Aug 30, 2017Orc is another immensely satisfying offering from one of underground rock’s modern heroes.
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Aug 23, 2017Oh Sees prove that aforementioned Afro-funk excursion is no random one-off experiment, but a reliable rhythmic foundation that can fuse seamlessly with their signature garage-psych sound.
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Q MagazineAug 29, 2017Orc is an incredibly full-on record. [Oct 2017, p.107]
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Aug 29, 2017It is no coincidence that the moments when Dwyer’s writing strays furthest from the familiar format are the least satisfying. It is reasonable to assume that he is capable of far more intriguing and stimulating excursions than these.
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Aug 18, 2017While no new territory is broken on Orc, none needs to be. The expanding Oh Sees fanbase laps up the band’s highs and lows, of which there are both here.
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Aug 18, 2017More recycled Roky Erickson-isms and smoky garage-rock riffs pollute the ears along with the most odious proggy lyrics this side of Genesis' The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. [Jul - Sep 2017, p.35]
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