2 (Thee Oh Sees album)

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2
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Studio album by
OCS
ReleasedJune 14, 2004
Recorded2001–2003
Genre Freak folk
Length52:18
Label Narnack
Producer John Dwyer
OCS chronology
1
(2003)
2
(2004)
Songs About Death & Dying Vol. 3
(2005)

2 is the second studio album by American garage rock band Osees, released on June 14, 2004, on Narnack Records. Released under the name, OCS, the album was recorded entirely by John Dwyer as a side-project to his then-primary band, Coachwhips.

Contents

Critical reception

In a positive review for Allmusic , Alex Henderson wrote: "2 is perhaps best described as an experimental, oddly appealing mixture of folk-rock and avant-garde noise rock. On these recordings – which were made over a two-year period from 2001–2003 – Dwyer plays a calm, reflective, even pastoral acoustic guitar that interacts with bizarre collages of dissonant electro-noise. [...] This enjoyably intriguing, if slightly uneven, release makes one hope that Dwyer will have more OCS projects outside of Coachwhips." [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."So I Guess We Can't Hang Out"2:56
2."untitled"2:02
3."untitled"2:05
4."Mike D"1:31
5."Banjo, Sold for Rent"1:35
6."Killed Yourself"2:28
7."You Are 16, I Am High"1:28
8."untitled"2:04
9."608C"1:36
10."Left Me Dry"2:34
11."untitled"1:38
12."Intermission"2:46
13."Bisbee"2:27
14."Fretting and Fussing"3:05
15."I Would Drown In Regret"2:16
16."untitled"2:09
17."No Bitches On This Train"1:49
18."Bisbee 2"2:31
19."untitled"2:58
20."Fearless"4:14
21."Our Lovesong"2:00
22."JPD, A Young Man, Tells Goldylox Thanksss"4:06

Personnel

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References

  1. Henderson, Alex. "2 – OCS". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 October 2015.