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UncutMay 24, 2013It's the quintet's talent for sneaking in moments of surprising prettiness that makes their seventh record such a charmer. [Jul 2013, p.81]
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Apr 16, 2013You can’t necessarily call this new music, but it works because it doesn’t sound vintage, nor does it completely owe itself to any bygone era of “remember when?”.
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Apr 16, 2013It stitches psychotic school dance vibes among the surf garage in a hurried splendor.
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MojoJun 18, 2013Floating Coffin is manna for the faithful, but also an excellent point for newbies to get onboard. [Jul 2013, p.87]
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Apr 29, 2013It’s great to have a thematically consistent and well-executed Thee Oh Sees album.
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Apr 18, 2013Floating Coffin sees Dwyer and company pulling off another successful paradigm shift, a step toward the sinister but with ample amounts of the flower-power charm that made them such favorites among psych snobs in the first place.
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MagnetApr 16, 2013Floating Coffin doesn't add many new ingredients, but it blends them more thoroughly, making for an Oh Sees more like an Oh Sees show, which is a welcome surprise, indeed. [No. 97, p.59]
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Apr 15, 2013Thee Oh Sees continue to mutate in fascinating ways.
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Apr 15, 2013Although Floating Coffin does quite well with its searing powerhouses, the quieter moments add a much-needed sonic diversity.
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Apr 15, 2013Sure, there are slight variations on the formula and some additional instrumentation (namely strings and harpsichord), but this is still Thee Oh Sees being the very best Thee Oh Sees they can be.
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Apr 15, 2013There are plenty of familiar garage-y thrills to be found here, but a new sense of menace too.
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Nov 7, 2013Thee Oh Sees distilled their focus to fine effect on 2011's Carrion Crawler/The Dream. That sweet streak continues on Floating Coffin, whose darker, more foreboding tone covers a lot of stylistic ground in its 10 tracks.
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Apr 18, 2013Welcome back heavy bass and the practically patented echoing falsettos because John Dwyer’s mellow Putrifiers II mood is gone.
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Apr 25, 2013It’s another tense, potent dose of rocking jangle, but it’s also darker than its predecessor and more interested in tonal and mood shifts mid-song.
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Apr 18, 2013Thee Oh Sees are incapable of recording an unlikeable album, and Floating Coffin’s warmed garage slashers will satisfy a noise-addled listener.
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Apr 15, 2013Floating Coffin will stand as a successful foray into the world of straight-ahead, heavy-rocking, non-weird alternative indie rock.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 28 out of 30
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Mixed: 2 out of 30
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Negative: 0 out of 30
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Aug 30, 2018Few really strong tracks. Some confusing filler though as well. However, better, crisper production
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May 9, 2013