Oh Sees Announce New Double LP Face Stabber
Photo by Jamie Wdziekonski
Garage-rock mainstays Oh Sees have announced a double LP titled Face Stabber, set for release on Aug. 16, and released its first single, a 21-minute-long killer titled “Henchlock.”
The band’s follow-up to 2018’s Smote Reverser, the double LP is cryptically described in a press release as “Soundcloud hip-hop reversed, a far-flung nemesis of contemporary country and flaccid algorithmic pop-barf,” and evoking the same feeling as “human cattle like a beef avalanche, right on your burned-out face hole.”
We, too, love beef avalanches.
“Henchlock,” which serves as the second part of the double LP, is a plump, psych-punk monster of keyboard blips, jazz percussion, wayward trumpets and scuzzy everything. The song is slow to build to its climax, but cacophonies of screeching and knots of clamor crash together around the 15-minute mark before fading into static and television glitches.
The band have also announced a lengthy North American tour during the month of October. You can check out the band’s existing festival dates and new North American stops below.
Oh, and one more thing: The band has set up an eBay auction for the cockpit set frontman John Dwyer built for the band’s “Anthemic Aggressor” music video. Proceeds from the auction will go towards the Elizabeth House, a non-profit providing shelter for pregnant and parenting women. You can find the auction here.
Face Stabber is out Aug. 16 via Castle Records, and you can preorder the album here.
Check out the new single, the band’s 2009 Daytrotter Session, the Face Stabber album artwork and tracklisting, and Oh Sees’ upcoming tour dates below.
