Face Stabber

Face Stabber
Studio album by Oh Sees
Released	August 16, 2019 (2019-08-16)
Studio	The Sonic Ranch
Genre	Progressive rock [1] psychedelic rock [1]
Length	80:22
Label	Castle Face
Producer	Eric Bauer Enrique Tena Padilla Mario Ramirez John Dwyer
Oh Sees chronology
Smote Reverser (2018) Face Stabber (2019) Protean Threat (2020)
Singles from Face Stabber
"Henchlock" Released: June 25, 2019 "Poisoned Stones" Released: July 8, 2019 "Heartworm" Released: July 22, 2019

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Consequence of Sound	B+ [3]
Pitchfork	6.6/10 [4]

Face Stabber is the twenty-second studio album by American garage rock band Oh Sees, released on August 16, 2019, on Castle Face Records. ^[5] The album expands on the progressive rock sound that the band explored on their two previous releases Orc and Smote Reverser . ^[6]

Background

The band described the album's sound as "Soundcloud hip-hop reversed, a far flung nemesis of contemporary country and flaccid algorithmic pop-barf". ^[6]

Track listing

Face Stabber track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Daily Heavy"	7:50
2.	"The Experimenter"	5:22
3.	"Face Stabber"	2:45
4.	"Snickersnee"	3:46
5.	"Fu Xi"	5:19
6.	"Scutum & Scorpius"	14:24
7.	"Gholü"	1:51
8.	"Poisoned Stones"	3:55
9.	"Psy-Ops Dispatch"	4:03
10.	"S.S. Luker's Mom"	2:08
11.	"Heartworm"	1:57
12.	"Together Tomorrow"	1:34
13.	"Captain Loosely"	4:25
14.	"Henchlock"	21:02
Total length:		80:22

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. ^[7]

Oh Sees

• John Dwyer  – guitar, vocals, electronics, synthesizers, percussion, sax, samples, Mellotron, field recording
• Tim Hellman – bass, percussion
• Tomas Dolas – organ, synthesizers, Mellotron, percussion
• Dan Rincon – drums, percussion
• Paul Quattrone – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Brigid Dawson  – additional vocals
• Brad Caulkins – alto and tenor saxophone
• Mario Ramirez, Enrique Tena Padilla, Eric Bauer  – percussion

Technical personnel

• Bernd K. Eisenschmidt – cover artwork, adapted from "Swamp Demon" by Frank Frazetta
• Brian Bamps – Inner sleeve artwork
• Eric Bauer  – engineering, mixing, production
• Enrique Tena – engineering, mixing, production
• Mario Ramirez – engineering
• JJ Golden – mastering
• Matthew Jones – layout

Charts

Chart performance for Face Stabber

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [8]	80
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [9]	13
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [10]	38

References

1. Sendra, Tim. "Face Stabber – Thee Oh Sees". AllMusic . Retrieved August 19, 2019.
2. "Reviews and Tracks for Smote Reverser by Oh Sees". Metacritic . Retrieved August 16, 2019.
3. Gravley, Garrett (August 16, 2019). "Oh Sees Push Experimental Tendencies to New Heights on Face Stabber". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved August 16, 2019.
4. Greene, Linnie (August 28, 2019). "Oh Sees: Face Stabber Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved August 28, 2019.
5. Todd, Harry (August 13, 2019). "Oh Sees Share New Song "Together Tomorrow" from This Friday's New Double Album Face Stabber". Paste . Retrieved August 15, 2019.
6. Kaye, Ben (August 14, 2019). "Oh Sees break down their new album Face Stabber, Track by Track: Stream". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved August 15, 2019.
7. "Face Stabber – Thee Oh Sees|Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved August 17, 2019.
8. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
9. "Oh Sees Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
10. "Oh Sees Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 28, 2019.