This Bay Area four piece are gearing up for the release of an album that could well excel these guys to the heights they deserve. It just feels like the right time to be coming out with a record like 'Warm Slime,' It's dirty, scuzzy and loud. The sort of relief that's needed as the lo-fi scene is simmering down somewhat and people are wanting more than just echoed nonchalant vocals and jangly guitar lines. Thee Oh Sees aren't new on the block, this will actually be their eleventh album but with a ton of bands such as Wooden Shjips careering this sort of desert psych noise with great success (having just supported Pavement)and heads have been turning for a little while now. With a prolific performance at last week's ATP to which anyone who was there will argue was one of the highlights of an excellent weekend, by the time Thee Oh Sees head over to these shores in June people will be talking about the next step for the Lo-Fi band and this could very well be it.
screeching guitars are played over bluesy bass lines and space age synth noises which, mixed together creates a sound that is as awkwardly pleasing to the ear. Warm Slime is a bold statement if nothing else, about how confident this band are, you only have to look as far as the opening title track, a fourteen minute groovy psych frenzy to realise what they are capable of. We're let off the hook a little with the next track 'I Was Denied' a much more palatable affair still ripe with fuzz before John Dwyer and his twelve string beast get into full swing for 'Flash Bats' with feedback more piercing than a Sonic Youth concert and 'Mega-Feast' which is indeed a tasty feast of noise.
The more I listen to Thee Oh Sees the more I start to think how easily this album could end up in my top ten for the year, it improves with every listen.
I Was Denied
Words : GR
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