Live in San Francisco (Thee Oh Sees album)

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Live in San Francisco
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ReleasedJuly 1st, 2016
RecordedJuly 15th - July 17th, 2015 [1]
VenueThe Chapel, San Francisco
Genre Garage rock
Length58:12
Language English
Label Castle Face Records
Thee Oh Sees chronology
Mutilator Defeated at Last
(2015)
Live in San Francisco
(2016)
A Weird Exits
(2016)

Live in San Francisco is a live album by the American garage rock band Thee Oh Sees, released on July 1, 2016, as part of the Live in San Francisco series by Castle Face Records. The vinyl release is accompanied by a DVD of the performances, filmed by Brian Lee Hughes. [2]

The album was recorded over three nights in July 2015 at The chapel, in San Francisco, during the band's tour in support of its sixteenth studio album, Mutilator Defeated at Last , and marks the first release to feature drummers Ryan Moutinho and Dan Rincon. [3]

The track, "Gelatinous Cube", subsequently appeared on the band's next studio album, A Weird Exits .

Track listing

No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."I Come from the Mountain" (live) Floating Coffin 3:20
2."The Dream" (live) Carrion Crawler/The Dream 5:14
3."Tunnel Time" (live)Floating Coffin2:35
4."Tidal Wave" (live)Singles Collection: Vol 1 & 23:03
5."Web" (live) Mutilator Defeated at Last 4:47
6."Man in a Suitcase" (live)"Fortress"4:04
7."Toe Cutter Thumb Buster" (live)Floating Coffin4:25
8."Withered Hand" (live)Mutilator Defeated at Last3:39
9."Sticky Hulks" (live)Mutilator Defeated at Last7:37
10."Gelatinous Cube" (live) A Weird Exits 3:33
11."Contraption" (live)Carrion Crawler/The Dream15:55

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References

  1. Jones, Matt (2016). Live in San Francisco (Album Notes). Thee Oh Sees. California: Castle Face Records. p. 1. CF-075.
  2. "Thee Oh Sees Announce Live Album, Share "Web"". Pitchfork Media . May 11, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  3. Jones, Matt (2016). Live in San Francisco (Album Notes). Thee Oh Sees. California: Castle Face Records. p. 1. CF-075.