''A Foul Form'' is the twenty-sixth studio album by American
garage rock
Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The sty ...
band
Osees
Osees are an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1997, now based in Los Angeles, California. The band currently consists of primary songwriter and core member John Dwyer (vocals, guitar), Tim Hellman (bass), Dan Rincon (dr ...
, released on August 12, 2022, by
Castle Face Records. Continuing the return to the faster, more aggressive
punk sound that the band explored on
Protean Threat
''Protean Threat'' is the twenty-third studio album by American garage rock band Osees, released on September 18, 2020, on Castle Face Records. Following the band's previous album, double LP '' Face Stabber'', frontman John Dwyer has said that ...
, the album was described by frontman
John Dwyer John Dwyer may refer to:
* John Dwyer (Australian judge) (1879–1966), Australian judge
* John Dwyer (baseball) (active 1882), American baseball player
* John Dwyer (field hockey) (born 1928), Australian Olympic hockey player
* John Dwyer (medici ...
as "an homage to the punk bands we grew up on."
Background and recording
Inspired by a shared love of punk bands like
Crass,
Black Flag, and
The Stooges, the band recorded and mixed the album entirely at frontman
John Dwyer John Dwyer may refer to:
* John Dwyer (Australian judge) (1879–1966), Australian judge
* John Dwyer (baseball) (active 1882), American baseball player
* John Dwyer (field hockey) (born 1928), Australian Olympic hockey player
* John Dwyer (medici ...
's home basement studio. Dwyer employed various studio techniques that were used in the recordings of various 70's and 80's punk albums, including using minimal amounts of reverb, miking the drums with as few microphones as possible, and plugging guitars straight into a midrange
public address system instead of a guitar
tube amplifier. Dwyer finished recording vocals and mixing the album over Christmas 2021 while sick with
COVID-19, noting that the timing of symptoms gave harsher qualities to his vocal performance, as well as focusing his mixing efforts.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from vinyl record sleeve.
Osees
*
John Dwyer John Dwyer may refer to:
* John Dwyer (Australian judge) (1879–1966), Australian judge
* John Dwyer (baseball) (active 1882), American baseball player
* John Dwyer (field hockey) (born 1928), Australian Olympic hockey player
* John Dwyer (medici ...
– guitar, vocals, synth, mixing
*Tomas Dolas – guitar
*Tim Hellman – bass
*Dan Rincon – drums
*Paul Quattrone – drums
Technical personnel
*Enrique Tena Padilla – editing help
*JJ Golden – mastering
*Dylan McConnell – cover art
*Titouan Massé – inner sleeve photo
*Matthew Jones – layout
*Harry Waine –
Castle Face Records logo
Charts
References
2020 albums
Oh Sees albums
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