''Warm Slime'' is the tenth studio album by American
psychedelic 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 songwriter and core member John Dwyer (vocals, guitar), Tim Hellman (bass), Dan Rincon (d ...
, 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
The album's liner notes state that the album was "recorded live at 60 6th street in San Francisco in one day, one week after the gay pride parade 2009 on a tascam 388". 60 6th Street in San Francisco was, at the time, the location of Club Six, a hip hop club where John Dwyer worked. Dwyer described Club Six as "A big, airy room with a nice wooden stage, hardwood floors and really high ceilings. I gave them $500 to record in the room for 12 hours." The whole album was recorded "live" with no overdubs in an attempt to recreate the feeling of the band's live performances. Mike Donovan, the leader of
Sic Alps
Sic Alps were an American garage rock band from San Francisco, California. Formed in 2004 by Mike Donovan and Adam Stonehouse, they released music on Siltbreeze, Drag City, Woodsist and several other independent record labels.
After signing ...
, was the only guest musician on the album. Donovan was a past collaborator that had appeared on OCS' 2005 album ''3&4'', on which he provided vocals for the song "Burning Beauties". Like the majority of the band's catalog, ''Warm Slime'' was recorded and mixed by Chris Woodhouse.
Much attention was drawn to the album's title track. At over thirteen and a half minutes long, it was the lengthiest song the band had ever released. Dwyer claimed that he had wanted to record a long format song like
Can's "
Yoo Doo Right
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",
The Doors' "
When the Music's Over", and
Iron Butterfly's "
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (derived from "In the Garden of Eden") is a song recorded by Iron Butterfly, written by bandmember Doug Ingle and released on their 1968 album of the same name.
At slightly over 17 minutes, it occupies the entire second ...
".
Release
The cover art was made by Kyle Ranson. He would later go on to create the cover for ''
Putrifiers II'' in 2012.
''Warm Slime'' was the only significant release to be excluded from
Burger Records' 2011 series of Thee Oh Sees cassettes. Each cassette in the series featured two albums by the band, one for each side of the tape. Instead, Warm Slime was issued on cassette in 2012 by itself. Only 300 were made (same as each of the releases in the 2011 series), and they were individually numbered as a limited edition.
Track listing
Personnel
*
John Dwyer – vocals, guitar, tape
*
Petey Dammit
Petey Dammit, often stylized as Petey Dammit!, is an American guitarist and bass guitarist. He is best known as a former member of the garage rock band Thee Oh Sees, with whom he recorded six studio albums. From 2014 to 2015 he performed with the ...
– bass
*
Brigid Dawson
Brigid Dawson sang and played keyboard and tambourine for Thee Oh Sees. She is noted for her "whimsical" harmonies and is credited with helping front man John Dwyer write melodies. Reviewing a show they played in New York, Impose Magazine wrote, " ...
– organ, percussion, vocals, Wurlitzer
*Mike Shoun – drums
*
Mike Donovan – fuzz guitar, percussion
Credits
*John Dwyer – photography
*Patrick Haight – mastering (cassette version)
*Kevin Ink – mastering (CD and vinyl versions)
*Kyle Ranson – artwork
*
Chris Woodhouse – recording engineer, mix engineer
References
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2010 albums
Oh Sees albums