Thee Oh Sees - Mutilator Defeated At LastHere we have a new batch from Thee Oh Sees for your absorption nine muscular tunes primed to pummel to. Last years Drop was more schizophrenic, ranging from heavy to whimsical and back Mutilator Defeated At Last has more in common with the monolithic hugeness of Floating Coffin with only two slight reprieves in heaviness this is a record made to be played loudly and that demands bodily sacrifice inherently. Despite the plutonium heavy feel, Thee Oh

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is followed by 'I Dig You Baby' on which Fleming comes unhinged as he channels early New York Dolls

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sleeker beast than 'The Boxer'

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of which they share writing duties for - in their space - which includes a film projection room

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dreamy breakdown

Finnish composer Jimi Tenor and the hyper-vivid fantasy worlds of the more contemporary Ariel Pink and Connan Mockasin

CHESSMEN - The Bird Train / LOUIS (BLUES BOY) JONES - Come On Home / RUBY JOHNSON - What Goes Up Must Come Down / WHAT'S HAPPENING - Hot Buttered Buns / GENE BURKS - Monkey Man / LORD LUTHER AND THE COUNTS - Tough / AL GARRIS - That's All / RONNIE LOVE - Detroit Michigan / AUTOGRAPHS - Do The Duck / MAJESTICS - Treat Me Like You Want To Be Treated / MARLYNNS - The Break / EDDIE BRIDGES AND HIS LOWRIDERS - Peek A Boo / KING COLEMAN - Down In The Basement / LITTLE BOB - I Got Loaded

The remastering and vinyl processing was coordinated by long time collaborator Jono Podmore

a mansion that houses every woman Smith has ever known ('The Secluded Estate')