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'Smote Reverser' artwork

Oh Sees prep new LP 'Smote Reverser,' share "Overthrown," expand tour

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Oh Sees will be back with new album Smote Reverser on August 17 which pulls them into metal territory, from the awesome cover art (above) to ripping first single “Overthrown.” Listen to that below and here’s the always-entertaining Castle Face press release:

Crack the coffers, Oh Sees have spawned another frothy LP of head-destroying psych epics to grok and rock out to. You’ll notice the fresh dollop of organ and keyboard prowess courtesy of “Memory of a Cut Off Head” alum and noted key-stabber Tom Dolas. The Quattrone/Rincon drum-corps polyrhythmic pulse continues to astound and pound in equal measure, buttressed by the nimble fingered bottom end of Sir Tim Hellman the Brave and of course the shred-heaven fret frying of John Dwyer, while Lady Brigid Dawson again graces the wax with her harmonic gifts. Aside from the familiar psych-scorch familiar to soggy pit denizens the world over, there’s a fresh heavy-prog vibe that fits like a worn-in jean jacket comfortably among hairpin metal turns and the familiar but no less horns-worthy guitar fireworks Dwyer’s made his calling card. Perhaps the most notable thing about Smote Reverser is the artistic restlessness underpinning its flights of fancy. Dwyer refuses to repeat himself and for someone with such a hectic release schedule, that stretching of aesthetic borders and omnivorous appetite seems all the more superhuman.

You can check out album tracklist below. Oh Sees will be on tour this fall, including three nights at Brooklyn’s Warsaw (tickets). They’ve added a lot more more shows, including South America in November. Updated tour dates are listed below.

OH SEES – 2018 TOUR DATES
June 12 – Los Angeles CA – Zebulon with POW! + Ice Balloons
June 30 – NL – BEUNINGEN – DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE FESTIVAL tickets
July 1 – GERMANY – LARZ – FUSION FESTIVAL tickets
July 3 – GERMANY – LEIPZIG – UT CONNEWIST
July 4 – GERMANY – HAMBURG – UEBEL & GEFÄHRLICH tickets
July 5 – DANEMARK – ROSKILDE – ROSKILDE FESTIVAL tickets
July 8 – FRANCE – ILE DU GAOU – POINTU FESTIVAL tickets
July 10 – UK – BRIGHTON – DOME tickets
July 11 – UK – LEEDS – ACADEMY tickets
July 12 – UK – NEWCASTLE – BOILER SHOP tickets
July 13 – UK – CAMBRIDGE – JUNCTION tickets
July 14 – NL – HAARLEM – KLIKO FESTIVAL tickets
July 15 – BELGIUM – DOUR – DOUR FESTIVAL tickets
August 8 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheater
August 28 – TU – Istanbul – Performance & Arts Centre tickets
August 30 – BE – Hasselt – Muziekodroom
August 31 – UK – Margate – Winter Gardens tickets
September 1 – UK – Dorset – End of the road tickets
September 2 – UK – Bristol – Academy tickets
September 3 – UK – London – Forum tickets
September 4 – FR – Paris – La Cigale tickets
September 5 – GE – Kôln – Gebaude 9 tickets
September 6 – GE – Berlin – SO 36 tickets
October 2 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
October 3 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
October 5 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
October 6 Seattle, WA – Neumos
October 7 Seattle, WA – Neumos
October 8 Missoula, MT – Stage 112
October 11 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue and 7th Street Entry
October 12 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
October 13 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
October 14 Toronto, ON – Danforth Theater
October 15 Montreal, QC – Le National
October 17 Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
October 18 Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
October 19 Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
October 20 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
October 21 Richmond, VA – Broadberry
October 22 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
October 23 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
October 25 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jack’s
October 28 El Paso, TX – Lowbrow Palace
October 29 Albuquerque, NM – Sister Bar
October 30 Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom
November 22 – Lima
November 23 – Buenos Aires
November 24 – Santiago
November 28 – Porto Alegre
November 29 – Sao Paolo
December 1 – Brasília

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