Putrifiers II

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Putrifiers II
PutrifiersII.jpg
Studio album by
Thee Oh Sees
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2012
Genre Garage rock, psychedelic rock, experimental
Length36:47
Label In The Red
Thee Oh Sees chronology
Carrion Crawler/The Dream
(2011)		Putrifiers II
(2012)		 Floating Coffin
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The A.V. Club (C) [2]
BPM (80%) [3]
Drowned in Sound (8/10) [4]
No Ripcord(9/10) [5]
Paste (8.3/10) [6]
Pitchfork (8.1/10) [7]
Slant Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Putrifiers II is the thirteenth studio album by the American garage rock band Thee Oh Sees (and the seventh released under the full Thee Oh Sees name), released on September 11, 2012, on In The Red Records.

Contents

Background

John Dwyer's previous band Yikes recorded a song called "Putrifiers" for their 2006 album Secrets to Superflipping. [10] This song had also had an influence on the Thee Oh Sees' "Ghost In The Trees" from 2008's The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In . [11]

Similar to Dog Poison and Castlemania , recording was primarily undertaken by John Dwyer. Brigid Dawson was the only other member of the band to appear on the album. Dawson noted the album's expanded palette of sounds: "[I]t seems to me that [John Dwyer] really got to stretch out his wings, be a bit of a composer with a wider and richer array of sounds to play around with." [12] Guest musicians on the album included Heidi Alexander from The Sandwitches, [13] who recorded additional vocals and trumpet, and Mikal Cronin who played saxophone. Chris Woodhouse returned as mix engineer and guest musician, and recorded the album at The Hangar recording studio in Sacramento, CA. [14]

Release

This is the second album by Thee Oh Sees to feature cover art by Kyle Ranson. He was also the cover artist for their 2010 album Warm Slime [15]

The version of the album released in Australia includes a second disc of previously unreleased demos. [16] Additionally, a larger collection of twenty demos was released as a standalone album for digital music retailers. [17] The photo on the back of the inner sleeve of Putrifiers II was used as the cover for this album. One of the demos, "Wait Let's Go" was not included on Putrifiers II, but was re-recorded for the band's 2012 split single with The Mallard. [18] The single is part of record label Famous Class' ongoing LAMC series, a charity single series where all proceeds go to benefit the Ariel Panero Memorial Fund at VH1 Save the Music. [19]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Dwyer

No.TitleLength
1."Wax Face"4:01
2."Hang a Picture"3:55
3."So Nice"3:53
4."Cloud #1"1:45
5."Flood's New Light"2:32
6."Putrifiers II"6:11
7."Will We Be Scared?"5:24
8."Lupine Dominus"3:29
9."Goodnight Baby"3:28
10."Wicked Park"2:09
Total length:36:47
Australian Edition Disc 2: Demos
No.TitleLength
1."Lupine Dominus"2:39
2."Hang A Picture"3:15
3."Say You Love Another"3:19
4."Cat Food"1:42
5."Regular Meat"3:15
6."Goodnight Baby"2:33
7."I Am Smoke"2:03
8."Wax Figure"2:09
Total length:20:55

Personnel

Credits

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  1. ↑ Allmusic Review
  2. ↑ The A.V. Club review
  3. ↑ BPM review
  4. ↑ "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
  5. ↑ No Ripcord review
  6. ↑ Paste review
  7. ↑ Pitchfork Review
  8. ↑ Slant Review
  9. ↑ Tiny Mix Tapes review
  10. ↑ "Yikes - Secrets to Superflipping". Discogs .
  11. ↑ "Terminal Boredom - You Will See This Dog Before You die".
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  13. ↑ "The Sandwitches music, videos, stats, and photos".
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