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Waking Up With… JOHN DWYER And OSEES And A New Riff Monster (What Else)

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Daily noise that works faster than any stimulant

20 May 2023

24/7 riff maniac JOHN DWYER and OSEES, one of his many musical outfits,
unleash a new longplayer, titled Intercepted Message in August.

More details to follow.

Dwyer has this to say about the new LP.

“A pop record for tired times.
Sugared with bits of shatterproof glass to put more crack in your strap.
At long last, Verse / chorus
A weathered thesaurus
This is Osees bookend sound
Early grade garage pop meets proto-synth punk suicide-repellant
Have a whack at the grass or listen while flat on your ass
Heaps of electronic whirling accelerants to gum up your cheapskate broadband

Social media toilet scrapers unite!
Allow your 24 hour news cycle eyes to squint
at this smiling abattoir doorman
You can find your place here at long last
All are welcome
From the get go to the finale ….
A distant crackling transmission of 80s
synth last-dance-of-the-night
tune for your lost loves

Suffering from Politic amnesia?
Bored of AI-generated pop slop?
Then this one is for you, our friends

Wasteland wanderer, stick around.

Love y’all

For fans of Teutonic synth punk and
Thee Oh Sees (who the fuck are they?)

– John Dwyer”

The first single, the title track, is a riff monster (what else) but
not only with deranged guitars but some schizo synths too.

Here’s the funny video with Dwyer as a TV news anchor.

OSEES: Bandcamp – Tour Dates

Waking Up With New Creepy/Hilarious OSEES Blow

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Works faster than caffeine

25 June 2022


Artwork new album

JOHN DWYER, the man who breathes, eats, drinks and dreams
music will test your speakers’ resilience with a new OSEES album,
named A FOUL FORM in August.

But first new single PERM ACT.

Listen what Dwyer has to say about the song’s inspiration. Creepy but oh so funny.

Dwyer: “Who likes a cop? Other cops. After years of having unpleasant to violent encounters with police, I had the thought that wouldn’t it be fun if they loved each other so much they ate each other…a sort of dark comedy contemporary and executive branch based “a modest proposal.”

Here’s the unhinged, animated clip. Brilliant…

All tour dates 2022 HERE.

OSEES: Facebook

 

Amazing Artwork – Cover Of New OSEES Album

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Great album cover art

17 May 2022

Centipede JOHN DWYER is one of the hardest-working men on the planet.
He entertains garage-guitar-punk freaks all over the world with a non-stop
productivity with different bands.

Now he has another longplayer, baptized A FOUL FORM with OSEES
ready to inflame summer on 17th August via Castleface Records.

Dwyer says: “It’s brain stem cracking scum-punk
recorded tersely in the basement of my home.”

Along with the news comes the first single FUNERAL SOLUTION.

A blustery 1.52-minute whirlwind accompanied by a blustery whirlwind video…

OSEES: Facebook

Five Firecrackers To STAY ON TRACK IN THE WEEKEND!

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31 October / 1 November 2020

Five new firecrackers to bang-up your favorite 48 hours…

‘I Eat You’ by MIHI NIHIL (Los Angeles, CA)
From the city of angels, here’s skate punk force Mee-Kee Nee-Keel with a stonking speedball from their upcoming debut LP. Expect a roaring race against the clock with insane guitars, a hammering beat and spicy vocals. All you need to look forward to their first longplayer.

‘Wyttch’ by SMASHING PUMPKINS (USA)
This is another track from the new upcoming double LP – out 27th November – by loudmouth Billy Corgan and his team. A multi-layered, haunting, bass-driven groove.

‘TLT001’ by THE LISBON TREATY (UK)
Wow! Double wow! Need a boost to jack up your lockdown mood? Check this mighty electronic bass stunner and go berserk. A non-stop jungle drum beat that does your head in while striking synths built a wall-of-king-sized resonance. Like I said, this is exactly what you need. Turn it up, folks!


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‘Scramble Experiment’ by OSEES (Rhode Island, US)
John Dwyer, the hardest working man in noise business has no intention whatsoever to take a rest. It’s impossible to follow how many tracks and how many albums he produced just this year. This ripper is pretty weird and pretty kooky. Ding dong!

‘Fatalist‘ by WAXEATER (Louisville, US)
This crazed trash and slash punk trio welcomes you on their social media with a loud
and clear message: ‘Your Misery Is Our Pleasure‘. And they do anything to make you feel miserable like with this savage-cutting-guitar-and-sick-drum-beat attack. No mercy, no prisoners, no pussies. Guess what? After only one spin, I feel gloriously miserable. Their shit is my salvation. Yeeeaaah!


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See/hear you next week, music junkies…

Five Firecrackers To STAY ON TRACK IN THE WEEKEND!

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26 September / 27 September 2020

Five new firecrackers to bang-up your favorite 48 hours…

‘Blind Youth Industrial Park’ by METZ (Toronto)
Another clamorous knockout you need a police permit for to play it when your neighbors are at home. Rumour goes that the Richter scale collapsed when the Canadian three-piece recorded this haymaker. Their new longplayer Atlas Vending hit the streets on 9 October .

‘What Are Friends For?’ by THE SONDER BOMBS (Cleveland, Ohio)
New label for the UK/EU and new single for this rollicking 4-piece. “From the very beginning we knew this was a song that we wanted people to shake their butts too! I was dancing my heart out while tracking vocals for this one and I think that hype energy really came through in the final product” says frontwoman Willow Hawks about the new ripper. She’s definitely right.
It’s steamy, electrifying, swirling, and big fun! Get it now via Big Scary Monsters.


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‘Eletric War‘ by OSEES (Rhode Island, US)
Now I’m totally sure. John Dwyer never sleeps, he’s a 24/7 music-making maniac. Last week Osees‘ new LP Protean Threat came out and Dwyer already drops a new red-hot-blooded jackhammer from an upcoming EP. The man says: “People need some tunes right now and I think the artists community is making a good run of it. So much great shit is seeing light right now.” Thank you, John!

‘Hear Me Out’ by PIXIES
“All I’m trying to say is it’s alright” sings bassist Kim Deal, oh sorry… Paz Lenchantin. The glimmering guitar-driven pop song is actually from the sessions for their 2019 album ‘Beneath The Eyrie . It will be on a 12″ vinyl single, out October 16, with also a cover of T-Rex’s ‘Mambo Sun‘.

‘Ghosts’ by BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
The Boss who turned 71 yesterday and was born to run
still dances in the dark. His new album Letter To You is out on 23rd October.

See/hear you next week, music junkies…

Kamikaze Garage Fury With JOHN DWYER And OSEES – New Longplayer ‘PROTEAN THREAT’ Out Today

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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)

John Dwyer Dynamite – OSEES Drop Stunner ‘SCRAMBLE SUIT II’

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New sonic impulses…

JOHN DWYER, the man who breathes, eats, drinks and dreams
music will test our speakers with new album Protean Threat in
September. I have no idea whatsoever how many records he made
the past 10 years and how many monikers he used. I’m sure he
doesn’t know either.

After lead single Dreary Nonsense and If I Had Way he unleashed
a third stunner, simply titled SCRAMBLE SUIT II. I wonder who’s singing
but it’s definitely not Dwyer as he’s to busy producing dynamite riffs.

Bang bang…

Five Fervent Firecrackers – STAY ON TRACK IN THE WEEKEND…

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21 August / 23 August 2020…

Five new firecrackers to boost your favorite 48 hours…

1. ‘Hail Taxi’ by METZ
These Canadians have slash and trash chromosomes in their DNA. Their wall-of-balls-crushing racket is massive. New, fourth longplayer Atlas Vending out 9th October.

2. ‘Ohms’ by DEFTONES
The title track from new album OHMS, out 25 September. A robust mid-tempo slam. “We’ve never just been a metal band, we’ve never just been an alternative band, we’ve always just been us.” says frontman Chino Moreno in an interview with NME.

3. ‘Vasto’ by CABARET VOLTAIRE
Hypnotic, intimidating, and ongoing bleeps and beeps trip. Lead-single
from new album Shadow Of Fear, first in 26 years. Out 20 November.

4. ‘Nightmares’ by ALICE GLASS
A furious electro sledgehammer by former Crystal Castles voice. “If this was
ever a part of me/ Then I’ll rip it out/ You’re not a part of me/ Cause I don’t want it.”

5. ‘If I Had My Way’ by OSEES
24/7 garage rock junk John Dwyer releases a new longplayer called Protean Threat
with Osees one of his many outfits. This new cut is a buzzing 60s prog rock stroke. Yeah!…

See/hear you next week, music junkies…

Rumbling, Rambling and Rattling – ‘IF I HAD MY WAY’ By DWYER And OSEES

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New sonic impulses…

JOHN DWYER is one of the hardest working men in rock, 365 days a year,
24 hours a day. He’s a hyper-productive chameleon. I have no clue how many
albums he made in the past ten years. Nothing can stop the tireless centipede.

A new album with OSEES, titled Protean Threat is planned to be out in September.
More details here. After lead single ‘Dreary Nonsense‘ we get another taster. Dwyer
says about the new cut: “Looking at all the extraordinary death in the world now you
have to wonder, have you lived your best life? It’s never too late to start.”

IF I HAD MY WAY sounds like if Dwyer joined forces with equally hard-working
label mates King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard for a buzzing 60s prog rock stroke.
Rumbling, rambling and rattling.

‘I’m a bit high, I’m a bit low’

Let’s roll…

Here’s the previous, first single…