A Weird Exits
| A Weird Exits | ||||
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| Studio album by Thee Oh Sees | ||||
| Released | August 12, 2016 | |||
| Genre | Garage rock, psychedelic rock | |||
| Label | Castle Face Records | |||
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A Weird Exits is the seventeenth studio album by American garage rock band Thee Oh Sees, released on August 12, 2016, on Castle Face Records.[1][2] It is the first studio album to feature drummers Ryan Moutinho and Dan Rincon, who joined the band in 2015 to tour in support of the band's previous album, Mutilator Defeated at Last.
A Weird Exits was the first of two studio albums released by Thee Oh Sees in 2016, with a companion album, entitled An Odd Entrances, released on November 18, 2016.
Release
The album had two special vinyl editions made: the "Murky Web" edition, limited to 1700 copies, and the "Bloodshot Eyeball" edition, limited to 300 copies.[2] A third was released in the UK, simply titled "Green".
Critical reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 82/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
A Weird Exits received widespread acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82 based on 19 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[3]
Writing for Allmusic, Tim Sendra praised the album's variety, John Dwyer's guitar playing and the band's consistent output: "With Mutilator, and now this album, the band is firing on all cylinders and then some, making psych-prog-metal-punk jams for the ages."[4]
Accolades
| Publication | Accolade | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mojo | The 50 Best Albums of 2016 | 2016 | 29[5] |
| Rough Trade | Albums of the Year | 2016 | 7[6] |
| Uncut | Top 75 Albums of 2016 | 2016 | 11[7] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dead Man's Gun" | 3:28 |
| 2. | "Ticklish Warrior" | 3:06 |
| 3. | "Jammed Entrance" | 5:21 |
| 4. | "Plastic Plant" | 5:40 |
| 5. | "Gelatinous Cube" | 3:27 |
| 6. | "Unwrap the Fiend Pt. 2" | 4:27 |
| 7. | "Crawl Out from the Fall Out" | 7:50 |
| 8. | "The Axis" | 6:11 |
Personnel
Thee Oh Sees are:
- John Dwyer - guitar, vocals, Mellotron, synths, moisturizer, flute, percussion
- Tim Hellman - bass
- Dan Rincon - drums
- Ryan Moutinho - drums
Additional Musicians:
- Brigid Dawson - vocals on "The Axis"
- Chris Woodhouse - drums, organ, guitar, percussion
- Greer McGitrick - cello on "Crawl Out from the Fall Out"
Charts
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] | 146 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] | 105 |
References
- ↑ "Thee Oh Sees - A Weird Exits". Discogs. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
- 1 2 "Thee Oh Sees — A Weird Exits | Castle Face Records". Castle Face Records. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
- 1 2 "Critic Reviews for A Weird Exits - Metacritic". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- 1 2 Sendra, Tim. "A Weird Exits - Thee Oh Sees". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ↑ "The 50 Best Albums of 2016". November 22, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
- ↑ "Albums of the Year". Rough Trade. November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Top 75 Albums of 2016". November 22, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Thee Oh Sees – A Weird Exits" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Thee Oh Sees – A Weird Exits" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 6, 2016.