''Protean Threat'' is the twenty-third studio album by American garage rock band

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, released on September 18, 2020, on

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. Following the band's previous album, double LP '' Face Stabber'', frontman John Dwyer has said that he intended for ''Protean Threat'' to be much like a

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album, shorter in length and composed primarily of short songs. It is the band's first full-length album to be released under the name Osees.

Background and release

In an apparent response to the

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and widespread cancellation of concerts, the band initially previewed the album in a rough form as a single take live rehearsal video that premiered on

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in March 2020, albeit with a different track order. Two tracks performed during the ''Protean Threat'' live rehearsal video but ultimately not included on the album were subsequently released elsewhere. “Dark Weald” came out as a limited edition lathe cut vinyl single on August 23, 2020, and was later released digitally. A cover of the Alice Cooper & The Spiders song “Don’t Blow Your Mind” then came out on the band’s ''Weirdo Hairdo'' EP, released December 18. 2020. On December 11, 2020, Osees released ''Panther Rotate'', a remix album featuring experimental reworkings of several tracks from ''Protean Threat''. Tracks from ''Protean Threat'' were also performed as part of Osees' live recording and subsequent album ''Levitation Sessions'', one of two pay-per-view streamed shows the band put on in 2020.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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. Osees * John Dwyer – guitar, vocals, synthesizers, mellotron, tape effects, percussion, samples, inner sleeve photo *Tim Hellman – bass *Tomas Dolas – keyboards *Dan Rincon – drums *Paul Quattrone – drums, space drum trigger Technical personnel *Dylan Marcus McConnell – artwork *Enrique Tena Padilla – engineering, mixing *Mario Ramirez – engineering, mixing *JJ Golden – mastering *Matthew Jones – layout

References

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