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A Weird Exits

Thee Oh Sees

A Weird Exits

Seventeenth album of psyched-out garage rock from the San Francisco band fronted by John Dwyer

ADM rating[?]

7.7

Label
Castle Face
UK Release date
12/08/2016
US Release date
12/08/2016
  1. 9.0 |   Gig Soup

    Thee Oh Sees’ sound has always evolved by degrees, and trying to figure out whether ‘A Weird Exits’ is an endgame or another progressive phase is just as impossible as deciphering its enigmatic title
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  2. 9.0 |   Uncut

    Thee Oh Sees are always the same but different, drifting through genres before twisting them out of shape
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  3. 8.3 |   Paste Magazine

    A Weird Exits can be a trying album, requiring the listener to tumble through several disorienting sonic rabbit holes
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  4. 8.3 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    Just because they slowed down and stretched out doesn’t make their music any less heavy
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  5. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    Time has been kind to Thee Oh Sees, who remain proper royalty in the garage rock universe and manage to shape-shift without losing their boisterous and impactful delivery
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  6. 8.0 |   DIY

    Thee Oh Sees may be old hat at this by now, but they remain relatively unsung heroes
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  7. 8.0 |   All Music

    The band is firing on all cylinders and then some, making psych-prog-metal-punk jams for the ages
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  8. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Cult garage-rockers on pummelling form
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  9. 8.0 |   NME

    Should prove a solid fan-satisfier or entry point for newbies
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  10. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Prolific garage-psych godhead John Dwyer delivers his best trip yet
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  11. 8.0 |   Q

    Kraut/garage groovers with added punch. Print edition only

  12. 8.0 |   Earbuddy

    As purveyors of an unconventional brand of audio auteurism, Thee Oh Sees inhabit the same corner of the sandbox as the Coen Brothers: uninfluenced by peers, endlessly productive, and anything but ignored
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  13. 7.5 |   Consequence Of Sound

    There’s nothing in A Weird Exits that signals a massive change in the future of Thee Oh Sees, nor does it stand head and shoulders above their catalog
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  14. 7.5 |   Beardfood

    A glorious entity that stands tall on its own
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  15. 7.5 |   Pitchfork

    Thee Oh Sees show an eagerness to drift away from their foundational ’60s psych-pop and garage-punk roots into more cosmic realms
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  16. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    The freakout moments are still present and correct
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  17. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    These songs hit you straight-on, but then they wrap around you and never quite let go
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  18. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Nothing more than a 38-minute prang out - it’s not a massive reinvention and it does generally lack the constant flow of melody that makes their previous work so irresistible
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  19. 6.0 |   The Observer

    It’s comfortably strange territory, and while it might not open any new or mind-melting doors, Thee Oh Sees remain rampantly good fun
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