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Thee Oh Sees - Castlemania [New Vinyl LP]

Artist: Thee Oh Sees

Title: Castlemania

Format: Vinyl LP

Genre: Indie Rock/Pop

UPC: 759718520811

Release Date: 2011

Record Label: In the Red Records

Album Tracks

DISC 1:
1. I Need Seed
2. Corprophagist (A Bath Perhaps)
3. Stinking Cloud
4. Corrupted Coffin
5. Pleasure Blimps
6. A Wall, a Century 2
7. Spider Cider
8. The Whipping Continues

DISC 2:
1. Blood on the Deck
2. Castlemania
3. Aa Warm Breeze
4. Idea for Rubber Dog
5. The Horse Was Lost
6. I Won't Hurt You
7. If I Stay Too Long
8. What Are We Craving?

San Francisco's incredibly prolific Thee Oh Sees are back with another full-length album of original tracks plus a smattering of covers. While the group's previous releases on in the Red, Help and Warm Slime, showcase their amped-up, reverb-drenched garage-psych pummel, on Castlemania, John Dwyer and company take a more low-key approach. Dwyer himself describes Castlemania as "summer-y and poppy"; on many of the tracks, electric guitars are jettisoned for acoustic, and the normally echo-laden vocals are a bit clearer. Happy pop melodies, sweet and somber tunes, psychedelic moves galore, cover versions of the Creation and the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, and at least one garage stomper all rub elbows on Thee Oh Sees' "sunshine pop" album. It's release couldn't be more perfectly suited to the time of the year when the sunny skies return and the flowers start blooming.