18 September 2020

Band: OSEES – one of the many monikers
for John Dwyer’s fanatic eruptions
Album: Protean Threat
Released: 18 September 2020

Info: WITNESS THE EVER-CHANGING, EVER-MUTATING THREAT THAT IS REALITY / PERCEPTION IS UNDER DURESS / SENSIBILITY IS BENDING EVERYDAY UNDER THE BARRAGE OF NONSENSE / WE MUST MAKE NOTE OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE HAVE BECOME / LOOK INTO THE MIRROR OF THE PLANET-KILLERS / GENEROSITY IS YOUR AEGIS AGAINST GREED / PSYCHIC CANNIBALS INFILTRATE AND CONTAMINATE ONCE FAMILIAR AND SEEMINGLY SECURE TERRITORIES EMPATHY IS YOUR ARMOR TO DEFLECT APATHY / LOVE IS YOUR CLUB TO ABATE HATE / THE FOG IS LIFTING AND HUMANS ARE OPENING THEIR EYES / THIS RECORDING IS AT THE APOGEE OF SCUZZ / PUNK ANTHEM AMULETS FOR YOUR EARS AND HEART / A BATTERY FOR YOUR CORE / BE STRONG / BE HUMAN / BE LOVE – Castle Face Records

Louder Than War says: “Album 23 for California psych-garage mastermind John Dwyer sees his band twisting evermore, dropping all articles and coming back together as Osees… It’s a perfect distillation of the trajectory that Dwyer and his cohorts have taken over the course of their so-far 23 album run. It sounds nothing like they have ever done, yet, at the same time, like something that only they could do. It’s those oxymoronical twists and turns that make Osees a delight to hear from every time as they power through their blend of scuzzy garage psych-punk and throw everything possible at you, just to keep you on your toes.” Full review here.

John Dwyer: “I don’t know what hard times is but you can’t take yourself too seriously
I suppose, we certainly don’t. The world is serious enough to be in the depths all the time,
so it’s good to have a sense of humor. The other option seems to be misery.”

Key tracks: All

Here comes the
kamikaze garage fury…

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OSEES: Facebook

(Still from Walrus TV Interview)