- Artist
- OSEES
- ReleaseProduct
- Protean Threat
- Label
- Castle Face
- Catalogue Number
- CF129
- Release Date
- September 18, 2020
Genres
John Dwyer’s long-running, ever-changing mainline project defies genre (as well as online marketplace filing systems), changing sound and name as often as some people change their bedsheets. Now named OSEES, Protean Threat sees Dwyer and co trade some of the prog elements of 2019’s Face Stabber for straight-to-the-heart-and-feet garage rock. ‘Dreary Nonsense’ and ‘Scramble Suit II’ pass by in a wild flash, driven by punchy synth and bass hits and deliciously fuzzed licks, while ‘If I Had My Way’ recalls the heavy swing of an early Stooges groove sped up with a jagged lead.
Latest iteration of John Dwyer’s everchanging, impossible-to-describe band. Follows up the prog mastercraft that was Face Stabber. Witness the ever-changing, ever-mutating threat that is reality. Perception is under duress; sensibility is bending everyday under the barrage of nonsense. One must make note of whom one is and what one has become: look into the mirror of the planet-killers—psychic cannibals infiltrate and contaminate once familiar and seemingly secure territories… formidable foes indeed! What powers these beasts? What fuels discord and hatred? The behemoth of a “civil” society? What are the weapons at one’s disposal? Generosity is the aegis against greed, empathy is the armor to deflect apathy, love is the club to abate hate…the fog is lifting and humans are opening their eyes. And so Castle Face offers this field recording, the Osees Protean Threat, from the pits as a quick booster between protein pills and recycled sweat beverage anthems to assist the listener to not worship at the altar of violence and greed, to not offer oneself up for free, to stand up and be vigilant! Truth will not be found in the speeches and photo ops of the overlords— stand strong and together under the gaze of the oppressors. Stand vigilant, united with those who don’t have the same privileges. Demand respect and a peaceful life for all. This recording is at the apogee of scuzz—punk anthem amulets for the ears and heart, a battery for one’s core. Be strong. Be human. Be love.
Track List
- Scramble Suit II
- Dreary Nonsense
- Upbeat Ritual
- Red Study
- Terminal Jape
- Wing Run
- Said The Shovel
- Mizmuth
- If I Had My Way
- Toadstool
- Gong Of Catastrophe
- Canopnr ’74
- Persuaders Up!
OSEES
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- Artist
- OSEES
- ReleaseProduct
- Intercepted Message
- Label
- In The Red
- Catalogue Number
- ITR380
- Release Date
- August 18, 2023
- LP (special)
- CD
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- Artist
- OSEES
- ReleaseProduct
- A Foul Form
- Label
- Castle Face
- Catalogue Number
- CF147
- Release Date
- August 12, 2022
- LP (special)
- CD
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- ReleaseProduct
- Metamorphosed
- Label
- Rock Is Hell
- Catalogue Number
- RIP93
- Release Date
- January 22, 2021
- LP (special)
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- ReleaseProduct
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- Label
- Castle Face
- Catalogue Number
- CF132
- Release Date
- December 11, 2020
- LP
- CD
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- ReleaseProduct
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- Label
- Castle Face
- Catalogue Number
- CF034
- Release Date
- May 27, 2022
- LP
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- EXEK
- ReleaseProduct
- Advertise Here
- Label
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- Catalogue Number
- CF141
- Release Date
- February 4, 2022
- LP (special)
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- The Fall
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- Live At St. Helens Technical College '81
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- Catalogue Number
- CF116
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- Catalogue Number
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- Bronze
- ReleaseProduct
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- Label
- Castle Face
- Catalogue Number
- CF066CD
- Release Date
- April 26, 2018
- CD
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- Label
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- Catalogue Number
- WARP372
- Release Date
- May 3, 2024
- LP
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- Catalogue Number
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- Catalogue Number
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- LP (special)
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