Floating Coffin
Not only does *Floating Coffin* boast perhaps the best and most appropriately wacky artwork yet to adorn a record by these garage-psych kings; it may be Thee Oh Sees\' best collection of tunes. Their 12th studio album narrows Thee Oh Sees\' focus after the stylistic sprawl of *Putrifiers II*, honing in on (and scrubbing down) their neon-soaked, fuzz-encrusted sound just enough to give the feel of a record destined to be a classic. It\'s got twin guitar leads, blood-boiling organ riffs, swirling and sticky melodies, and a declarative hard-rocking identity. From the roaring stomp of \"I Come from the Mountain,\" the Krautrock-inflected \"No Spell,\" and the bass-driven, hyper-speed havoc of \"Maze Fancier\" to the viola-sighing, discontented \"Minotaur,\" *Floating Coffin* has a cohesive structure and accessible sonic-palate thrills. The Bay Area is darn lucky to have these guys—along with an embarrassment of other musical riches—and they know it. Thee Oh Sees wear a crown, bestowed by the bloodied masses at their feral live shows and the armchair travelers who enjoy their mind-melting excursions from a distance. We\'re not worthy.
Continuing Thee Oh Sees' impressive run of the last couple of years, the John Dwyer-fronted garage rock band's newest album is another resounding success. With its dark undertones, and lyrics about splattered blood and dead children, it's also sort of a sadistic success.
Sounds like it could be a slogan from a bad car advert but, actually, it’s all the qualities contained within the latest in a run of seven albums in six years by San Francisco’s Thee Oh Sees.
Thee Oh Sees dropped another heady psych joint with Floating Coffin. It stitches psychotic school dance vibes among the surf garage in a hurried splendor.
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From the tracks filling your hard-drive to the records monopolizing cubes in your Expedit shelving unit, Thee Oh Sees are an obscenely prolific band.
[xrr rating=2.0/5]Thee Oh Sees’ paradigm is a commendable one — doing the real rock ‘n’ roll thing, releasing albums at a delirious pace, dropping them in rapid succession.