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| Released | 5 June 2015 | |||
| Label | Dot Dash/4AD | |||
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Oh Inhuman Spectacle is the debut studio album by Australian band Methyl Ethel. It was released in June 2015 through Dot Dash/4AD.
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 65/100 [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| The Guardian |   [2] |
| Consequence of Sound | B- [3] |
| Drowned in Sound | 7/10 [4] |
In a review by Stuart Berman from Pitchfork, Berman said "Methyl Ethel makes dream-pop for insomniacs—shadowy, nocturnal music whose surface shimmer barely conceals the fidgety, restless soul lurking underneath." [5]
Bekki Bemrose from Drowned in Sound said "The first few tracks on Oh Inhuman Spectacle set a high bar not quite maintained throughout, but still, the record is a promising début and a perfect soundtrack for those mysterious twilight hours." [4]
Harriet Gibsone from The Guardian said "Its opening handful of tracks are robust – the doomish disco of 'Idée Fixe', the crepuscular melancholy of 'Shadowboxing', the Johnny Marr guitars that inhabit 'Rogues' – but soon the record wears out. Although it assimilates the past decade of alt-pop, there's a wiry quality to Webb's voice which recalls Turin Brakes' 'Olly Knights'. Much of the music here is less unearthly obscurity and more relatively straightforward indie, dressed up in a rainbow poncho." [2]
All tracks are written by Jake Webb.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Idée Fixe" | 3:37 |
| 2. | "Shadowboxing" | 4:10 |
| 3. | "Rogues" | 3:45 |
| 4. | "To Swim" | 2:16 |
| 5. | "Twilight Driving" | 3:59 |
| 6. | "Depth Perception" | 3:58 |
| 7. | "Unbalacing Acts" | 4:01 |
| 8. | "Also Gesellschaft" | 3:03 |
| 9. | "Obscura" | 3:18 |
| 10. | "Artificial Limb" | 3:13 |
| 11. | "Sweet Waste" | 3:59 |
| 12. | "Everything Is As It Should Be" | 4:30 |
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | June 2015 | Dot Dash Recordings | DASH031 /DASH031CD | |
| Worldwide | 4AD | CAD3641 / CAD3641CD |
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