THEE OH-SEES
Warm Slime CD/LP
In The Red 2010
Not sure why I’m reviewing this since everyone I know already owns it… title track “Warm Slime” was the song of the summer, according to Bob! He’s right, it was playing between sets at practically every gig in Vancouver! As it rightly should have been, in my opinion. This is a great summertime tune, especially that break around the 6 min mark when you think the song’s almost over, but no, it picks right back up and keeps going for another crazy 8 minutes of psychedelic freak-outs. And that’s just Side A! There’s only 7 tracks on here, but if you’re one of the few who haven’t bought this yet, believe me you get your money’s worth! To use a word the internet has completely and utterly bludgeoned to death, but is still apt: John Dwyer’s guitar playing reaches epic proportions here. Trippy stereo effects are achieved with John and Brigid Dawson’s alternating vocals on most tracks and the head-nodder “I Was Denied” keeps things going on the flipside with some snappy la-la-las. Like the rest of the tracks on Side B, and especially “Everything Went Black” with its choppy drums, these songs are so perfect for singing along and getting sweaty to and playing at every chance you get that you can forget how masterful the arrangements are and how fucking talented this band is and how even with at least 6 releases a year, they keep managing to get better and better! (Janelle Hollyrock)
