Putrifiers II

Pitchfork 8.1/10 With their reputation as one of America's most formidable live acts wholly assured, Thee Oh Sees explore the possibilities of the studio and more lustrous modes of psychedelia on Putrifiers II. It's a convenient gateway into the garage rock vets' dense discography.

A.V. Club F For more than a decade, John Dwyer and Thee Oh Sees catered to a specific niche: the fertile crescent where rowdy garage punk, classic ’60s pop, and hard-drugs psychedelia intersect. Those boundaries allowed Dwyer a lot of room to explore with some exciting results, most notably 2008’s The Master’s Bedroom Is Worth…

Slant 4/5 The music here never has too clear of an antecedent, and the directions the album takes are generally unexpected.