Putrifiers II

Putrifiers II
Studio album by Thee Oh Sees
Released September 11, 2012
Genre Garage rock, psychedelic rock, experimental
Length 36:47
Label In The Red
Thee Oh Sees chronology

Carrion Crawler/The Dream
(2011)		 Putrifiers II
(2012)		 Floating Coffin
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
The A.V. Club (C)[2]
BPM (80%)[3]
Drowned in Sound (8/10)[4]
No Ripcord (9/10)[5]
Paste (8.3/10)[6]
Pitchfork (8.1/10)[7]
Slant [8]
Tiny Mix Tapes [9]

Putrifiers II is an LP by San Francisco-based rock band Thee Oh Sees. It was released on September 11, 2012, by In The Red Records. It is their eleventh studio album overall.

Background

John Dwyer's previous band Yikes recorded a song called "Putrifiers" for their 2006 album Secrets to Superflipping.[10] This song had also had an influence on the Thee Oh Sees' "Ghost In The Trees" from 2008's The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In.[11]

Similar to Dog Poison and Castlemania, recording was primarily undertaken by John Dwyer. Brigid Dawson was the only other member of the band to appear on the album. Dawson noted the album's expanded palette of sounds: "[I]t seems to me that [John Dwyer] really got to stretch out his wings, be a bit of a composer with a wider and richer array of sounds to play around with."[12] Guest musicians on the album included Heidi Alexander from The Sandwitches,[13] who recorded additional vocals and trumpet, and Mikal Cronin who played saxophone. Chris Woodhouse returned as mix engineer and guest musician, and recorded the album at The Hangar recording studio in Sacramento, CA.[14]

Release

This is the second album by Thee Oh Sees to feature cover art by Kyle Ranson. He was also the cover artist for their 2010 album Warm Slime[15]

The version of the album released in Australia includes a second disc of previously unreleased demos.[16] Additionally, a larger collection of twenty demos was released as a standalone album for digital music retailers.[17] The photo on the back of the inner sleeve of Putrifiers II was used as the cover for this album. One of the demos, "Wait Let's Go" was not included on Putrifiers II, but was re-recorded for the band's 2012 split single with The Mallard.[18] The single is part of record label Famous Class' ongoing LAMC series, a charity single series where all proceeds go to benefit the Ariel Panero Memorial Fund at VH1 Save the Music.[19]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by John Dwyer. 

No. Title Length
1. "Wax Face"   4:01
2. "Hang a Picture"   3:55
3. "So Nice"   3:53
4. "Cloud #1"   1:45
5. "Flood's New Light"   2:32
6. "Putrifiers II"   6:11
7. "Will We Be Scared?"   5:24
8. "Lupine Dominus"   3:29
9. "Goodnight Baby"   3:28
10. "Wicked Park"   2:09
Total length:
 36:47

Personnel

Credits

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic Review
  2. ↑ The A.V. Club review
  3. ↑ BPM review
  4. ↑ Drowned in Sound review
  5. ↑ No Ripcord review
  6. ↑ Paste review
  7. ↑ Pitchfork Review
  8. ↑ Slant Review
  9. ↑ Tiny Mix Tapes review
  10. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Yikes-Secrets-To-Superflipping/master/237019
  11. ↑ http://terminal-boredom.com/larsvsohsees.html
  12. ↑ http://www.thedumbingofamerica.net/2012/10/29/the-pressure-wont-kill-thee-oh-sees/
  13. ↑ http://www.last.fm/music/The+Sandwitches
  14. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/label/The+Hangar
  15. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Thee-Oh-Sees-Warm-Slime/release/2272773
  16. ↑ "Discogs.com". Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  17. ↑ "iTunes Store". Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  18. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Thee-Oh-Sees-Mallard-Less-Artists-More-Condos-Series-3/release/3906105
  19. ↑ http://famousclass.com/lamc/