The greatest live band in the world, Osees return to New Zealand next February for one NZ show only, and this time they’re bringing a returning band member, a new album and a whole lot of shit they ain’t played in years!
Singer, keyboardist Brigid Dawson returns to the fold having previously appeared during the mid-2000’s on some of their best / most well known material including the albums Help, Carrion Crawler / The Dream and Floating Coffin. A solo performer in her own right, Dawson is noted for her harmonies and is credited with helping Osees frontman John Dwyer write melodies. It's the material from this period of Thee Oh Sees / OCS that will form the bulk of the set alongside cuts from the new album Off Course.
We went back to an older method of writing for this one. We jammed and jammed and jammed. I took the tapes home and ironed out some mutant tunes. We went back into the studio and burned them to tape live and then I took it home to Stu-Stu-Studio and did the vocals and brought in Tom Dolas & Brigid Dawson to put the finish on. Spice is always nice.” - John Dwyer
The group’s evolution has been relentless: from lo-fi folk experiments to high-voltage garage punk and into their current mix of krautrock, noise, and progressive jams. Dwyer’s creative philosophy remains constant – no repetition, no nostalgia, no comfort zone. The result is a discography as sprawling and unpredictable as Frank Zappa’s or King Gizzard’s, but with its own brand of Californian menace.
