Face Stabber

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Face Stabber
Oh-sees-face-stabber-artwork.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 16, 2019 (2019-08-16)
StudioThe Sonic Ranch
Genre
Length80:22
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
  1. "Henchlock"
    Released: June 25, 2019
  2. "Poisoned Stones"
    Released: July 8, 2019
  3. "Heartworm"
    Released: July 22, 2019
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [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]

Contents

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.TitleLength
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

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

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

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