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OSEES announced their latest album, a synth-pop-inspired project entitled Intercepted Message, out August 18 via Sa Pula. They also share albums title track as the lead single. Listen to it below.
In a “bio” for the new album, OSEES frontman John Dwyer explained that it was a “pop record for tired times.” The single — along with its news-inspired music video — supports this theme, drawing on the tired energy of politics and society, and channeling it into a blistering blend of punk and electro beeping and booping. In the video, Dwyer serves as the anchor for a dystopian broadcast, and as the world burns behind his talking head, the weight of the message sinks in. Watch the video below.
From Dwyer’s perspective, OSEES’ new music is meant to create a common class. “Social media toilet scrapers unite!” he wrote for the poetic bio. “Allow your 24 hour news cycle eyes to squint at this smiling gatekeeper of the abattoir. You will find your place here at last. All are welcome… Suffering from Political amnesia? Tired of AI-generated pop slop? Then this one is for you, our friends.” Describing the new, synthetic direction of the band’s sound, he wrote: “This is the Osees bookend sound. Early-grade garage pop meets suicide-repellant proto-synth punk. End statement, Dwyer beat the punch flavor algorithms: “For fans of Teutonic synth punk and Thee Oh Sees (who are they?)”
The notice of Intercepted Message comes as the band – formerly known as You Oh Saw, Oh Nakita, etc — are in the midst of their 2023 world tour. Check out the updated list of dates below, and get your tickets HERE.
OSEES also shared a new live album titled Live at LEVITATION, which was recorded in 2012 and released under the name Thee Oh Sees. That record is available on DSPs now, and can be ordered in a special edition colored vinyl format as well. To celebrate the release, the band commissioned pressings of five of their classic albums: 2009’s Dog Poison2013 that is Floating Coffin2015 that is The Mutilator is Defeated in the End2017 that is Orcand 2022 A Dirty Form.
Listen to OSEES’ new single, and check out their new live album Live at LEVITATION down.
Intercepted Message Artwork:
Intercepted Message Tracklist:
01. Fun
02. Blank Chems
03. Intercepted Message
04. Die Laughing
05. Unique & Fierce
06. Fish Need a Bicycle
07. Goon
08. Chaos Heart
09. Submerged Building
10. Sleazoid Psycho
11. Always at Night
12. Holding Ladwp
Live at LEVITATION Artwork:
Live at LEVITATION Tracklist:
01. The Dream
02. Devil Again
03. Tidal Wave
04. Enemy Destruction
05. Robber Barons
06. Block of Ice
07. Meat Step Passionately
08. Minotaur
OSEES 2023 Tour Dates:
05/18 — Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
05/19 — Glasgow, UK @ Old Fruit Market
05/22 — Dublin, IE @ Button Factory
05/23 – Dublin, IE @ Button Factory
05/26 — Birmingham, UK @ The Crossing
05/27 — London, UK @ Wide Awake Festival
05/28 — Brighton, UK @ Chalk
05/30 — Bristol, UK @ Marble Factory
05/31 — Leeds, UK @ Brudnell Social Club
06/01 – Leeds, UK @ Brudnell Social Club
06/22 — Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
06/23 — Calgary, AB @ Sled Island Music & Arts Festival
06/25 — Montreal, QC @ Club Soda w/ Hot Garbage and Tha Retail Simp
08/11 – Düdingen, CH @ Bad Bonn
08/12 – Val de Bagnes, CH @ Palp Festival
08/14 – Vienna, AT @ Arena
08/16 – Rottedam, NL @ Maassilo
08/18 – Saint-Malo, FR @ La Route Du Rock
08/19 – Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop
08/20 – Gueret, FR @ Check In Party
08/22 – Bordeaux, FR @ Square Dom Bedos
08/23 – Biarritz, FR @ Atabel
08/25 — Malaga, ES @ Canela Party
09/03 — San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
09/04 — San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
09/05 — San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
09/06 — San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
09/08 — Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
09/09 — Seattle, WA @ Neumos
09/10 — Seattle, WA @ Neumos
09/14 — Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
09/15 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
09/16 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
09/17 — Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
09/18 — Detroit, MI @ El Club
09/20 — Boston, MA @ Royale
09/22 — Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
09/23 — Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
09/25 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
09/26 — Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
09/30 – Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas
10/01 – Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas
10/03 — Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar
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