It's hard to overstate my feelings about Osees, John Dwyer's musical vehicle that's been churning out great tunes since the late 1990s and barely threatened any periods of inactivity ever since. Even when Dwyer switched home from San Francisco to LA, leaving his old line-up behind, there was barely a pause before he turned up with a new one.
Over the last dozen years of so, Osees (currently the preferred variation following Thee Oh Sees and Oh Sees) have shifted from a garage rock sound underpinned by Dwyer's erstwhile collaborator Peter Dammit!'s unique bass sound achieved by using a modified six-string guitar.
If Osees' style since then has become heavy, aided by the double drum attack of Dan Rincon and Paul Quattrone, recently it's veered into something close to freakout territory, a move which these ears have been happy to approve. Off Course is this year's second release, following on the heels of spring's Cara Maluco EP and finds the deepening continuing. I'm playing the title track in my Dandelion show this month, while my FSK show features the extraordinary Hecate's Reflection is a Trick.
The idea of a year with an Osees release always feels wrong. This year we get two. Dive in here.
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