The 21st Oh Sees album is not a breakup record. Well, maybe it is if headbanging riffs and mythological sci-fi lyrics provide the catharsis for a broken relationship. The album title Smote Reverser and the cover art tell you this is a project inspired by heavy metal. The music (with those mythological sci-fi lyrics) is metal-leaning prog rock. The San Francisco-based Oh Sees began in 1997 as a vehicle for the music of John Dwyer, and Dwyer has been experimenting with different varieties of psychedelic and garage rock ever since. There have been band lineup changes and the band name itself has morphed over the years, always around the letters OCS. For many years we knew them as Thee Oh Sees. Since last year it's simply Oh Sees.
Here are the Top 30 new album releases played on Studio One Tracks for the week ending Aug. 26, 2018:
1 Snail Mail- Lush
2 Oh Sees- Smote Reverser
3 Mitski- Be The Cowboy
4 Rubblebucket- Sun Machine
5 Dirty Projectors- Lamp Lit Prose
6 Death Cab For Cutie- Thank You For Today
7 Still Corners- Slow Air
8 Ty Segall & White Fence- Joy
9 Thin Lips- Chosen Family
10 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever- Hope Downs
11 Spider Bags- Someday Everything Will Be Fine
12 White Denim- Performance
13 Flasher- Constant Image
14 Father John Misty- God's Favorite Customer
15 The Happy Fits- Concentrate
16 Jenn Champion- Single Rider
17 The Love Language- Baby Grand
18 Neko Case- Hell-On
19 Courtney Barnett- Tell Me How You Really Feel
20 Arctic Monkeys- Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino
21 Beach House- 7
22 Cordovas- That Santa Fe Channel
23 Lucero- Among The Ghosts
24 Michael Nau- Michael Nau & The Mighty Thread
25 Let's Eat Grandma- I'm All Ears
26 Melody's Echo Chamber- Bon Voyage
27 Kevin Gordon- Tilt And Shine
28 Free Cake For Every Creature- The Bluest Star
29 Shemekia Copeland- America's Child
30 Lake Street Dive- Free Yourself Up
