THEE OH SEES - FLOATING COFFIN Vinyl LP

*We all know the type: prolific bands that commit every loose thought, stray idea and 90-second song fragment to tape. Bands that pay no attention to little inconveniences like "release cycles" or "self-editing," and instead decide that quantity equals quality, creating a discography more labyrinthine, imposing and-ultimately-exhausting than the cast of creatures in a sci-fi novel. Here is why none of that applies to THEE OH SEES. Because each of the dozen-plus albums they've released since 2004 possesses a distinct personality and represents a different point along the path of JOHN DWYER's slow transformation from auteur of woozy, bare-bones four-track psychedelia to goggle-eyed garage rock marauder backed at long last by a band that both shares and stokes his singular vision. Because drop a needle on any record and-to their great credit-it takes several songs before you're convinced it's Thee Oh Sees. The seasick hundred-bottles-of-rum shanty "What the Driven Drink," from 2007's delirious Sucks Blood exists in a different galaxy than the rollercoastering "Chem-Farmer" from last year's Carrion Crawler / The Dream; the doomy doo-wop of "Blood on the Deck" hardly seems like the product of the same band that delivered the yelping "Ruby Go Home" in 2009.

Track List:

1.1 1. I Come from the Mountain
1.2 2. Toe Cutter / Thumb Buster
1.3 3. the Floating Coffin
1.4 4. No Spell
1.5 5. Strawberries 1+2
1.6 6. Maze Fancier
1.7 7. Night Crawler
1.8 8. Sweets Helicopter
1.9 9. Tunnel Time
1.10 10. Minotaur

Label: Deathgod Corp