Protean Threat

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Protean Threat
Osees - Protean Threat.png
Studio album by
Osees
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2020 (2020-09-18)
StudioThe Sonic Ranch
Genre
Length38:24
Label Castle Face
Producer
Osees chronology
Face Stabber
(2019)		Protean Threat
(2020)		 Metamorphosed
(2020)
Singles from Protean Threat
  1. "Dreary Nonsense"
    Released: July 28, 2020
  2. "If I Had My Way"
    Released: August 13, 2020
  3. "Scramble Suit II"
    Released: September 2, 2020
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Exclaim! 7/10 [2]
Under the Radar 7.5/10 [3]

Protean Threat is the twenty-third studio album by American garage rock band Osees, released on September 18, 2020, on Castle Face Records. [4] Following the band's previous album, double LP Face Stabber , frontman John Dwyer has said that he intended for Protean Threat to be much like a punk album, shorter in length and composed primarily of short songs. [5] It is the band's first full-length album to be released under the name Osees.

Contents

Background and release

In an apparent response to the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread cancellation of concerts, the band initially previewed the album in a rough form as a single take live rehearsal video that premiered on YouTube in March 2020, albeit with a different track order. [6]

Two tracks performed during the Protean Threat live rehearsal video but ultimately not included on the album were subsequently released elsewhere. “Dark Weald” came out as a limited edition lathe cut vinyl single on August 23, 2020, and was later released digitally. A cover of the Alice Cooper & The Spiders song “Don’t Blow Your Mind” then came out on the band’s Weirdo Hairdo EP, released December 18. 2020.

On December 11, 2020, Osees released Panther Rotate, a remix album featuring experimental reworkings of several tracks from Protean Threat. [7]

Tracks from Protean Threat were also performed as part of Osees' live recording and subsequent album Levitation Sessions, one of two pay-per-view streamed shows the band put on in 2020. [8]

Track listing

Protean Threat track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Scramble Suit II"2:27
2."Dreary Nonsense"1:34
3."Upbeat Ritual"2:11
4."Red Study"3:12
5."Terminal Jape"2:20
6."Wing Run"2:06
7."Said the Shovel"4:37
8."Mizmuth"2:09
9."If I Had My Way"2:47
10."Toadstool"4:56
11."Gong of Catastrophe"4:42
12."Canopnr '74"3:00
13."Persuaders Up!"2:23
Total length:38:24

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [9]

Osees

Technical personnel

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