Thee Oh Sees is a band who prides themselves in their nostalgia factor (and pitiful production qualities). Much like the Black Lips, this California band specializes in making subpar rock music that does little more than showcase the inabilities of it's band. The drums here are spastic and overtly simplistic (makes Meg White look like Buddy Rich), the vocals are fuzzed out and unrecognizable, the same blues progression over and over again become mundane, and the guitars and the miserable solos are completely amateur (never has the tambourine played such as important part on an album released past 1967). It's basically a mess. It's hard to determine where the talent lies and how they have come to release more than one album. It's not until late in the album in which a redeemable song can be found ("Destroyed Fortress Reappears" is a diamond in the roughest of roughs). But even if you are capable of making it that far, it is much too late. The distorted guitars/vocals of Help become old and cliche after only a few minutes, so imagine what an entire album sounds like....
2.2/5.0
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