Brigid Dawson sang and played keyboard and tambourine for

Thee Oh Sees 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 (d ...

. She is noted for her "whimsical" harmonies and is credited with helping front man

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write melodies. Reviewing a show they played in New York, Impose Magazine wrote, "Brigid Dawson's backing vocals are the band's silver lining". Soundscapes noted in an album review, "Once again, Dwyer’s secret weapon is Brigid Dawson, whose vocal interplay gives them a leg-up in the male-dominated garage rock scene." Her voice has been compared to

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and

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, among others. Brigid occasionally performed as "Mix Tapes" with Meric Long of

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. She is a UK native by way of San Marin.

Discography

;''with Thee Oh Sees'' *''

The Cool Death of Island Raiders ''The Cool Death of Island Raiders'' is the fifth studio album by the American garage rock band Osees, released on March 7, 2006, on Narnack Records. Co-produced by TV on the Radio members Dave Sitek and Kyp Malone, the album was released under t ...

'' (2006) *''

Sucks Blood ''Sucks Blood'' is the sixth studio album by the American garage rock band Osees, released on May 15, 2007, on Castle Face Records. The album is the band's second to be released under the name The Oh Sees, and is their final album before changing ...

'' (2007) *''

The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In ''The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In'' is the seventh studio album by San Francisco-based rock band Thee Oh Sees. The album was the first to be released under the name "Thee Oh Sees", after the band had previously been known as "OC ...

'' (2008) *''

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'' (2009) *''

Dog Poison ''Dog Poison'' is the ninth studio album by the American garage rock band Thee Oh Sees 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 ...

'' (2009) *''

Warm Slime ''Warm Slime'' is the tenth studio album by American psychedelic rock band Thee Oh Sees, released on May 11, 2010. The album is the fourth to be released under the name Thee Oh Sees, and is the band's tenth studio album, overall. Background Th ...

'' (2010) *''

Castlemania ''Castlemania'' is the eleventh studio album by the American garage rock band Thee Oh Sees, the fifth album released by the band under the name "Thee Oh Sees" and their eleventh overall. It was released on May 20, 2011, by In The Red Records. It ...

'' (2011) *''

Carrion Crawler/The Dream ''Carrion Crawler/The Dream'' is the twelfth studio album by San Francisco-based garage rock band Thee Oh Sees. It was released on November 8, 2011, by In the Red Records. Despite the running time of the album being comparable or greater than mos ...

'' (2011) *'' Putrifiers II'' (2012) *''

Floating Coffin ''Floating Coffin'' is a studio album by the American garage rock band Thee Oh Sees, released on April 16, 2013, on Castle Face Records. The album is the band's eighth to be released under the name Thee Oh Sees, and their fourteenth studio album o ...

'' (2013) *'' Mutilator Defeated at Last'' (2015) *'' A Weird Exits'' (2016) *'' An Odd Entrances'' (2016) *''

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'' (2017) *'' Smote Reverser'' (2018) *''

Face Stabber ''Face Stabber'' is the twenty-second studio album by American garage rock band Oh Sees, released on August 16, 2019 on Castle Face Records. The album expands on the progressive rock sound that the band explored on their two previous releases ''O ...

'' (2019) ;''with OCS'' *'' Memory of a Cut Off Head'' (2017) ;''with Permanent Slow Fade''
Permanent Slow Fade
(2020) ;''with Brigid Dawson and The Mothers Network'' *'' Ballet of Apes'' (2020)

References

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