Thee Oh Sees are from San Francisco and they play slime green detergent flavoured psychedelic garage rock. There are no poker faces here, they're all over 35 and doing it at the dirtiest most basic level. And they are ridiculously good. I mixed the majority of their East Coast Australian dates as they played along side Eddie Current Suppression Ring and sludgy Sydney garage retards Straight Arrows in December 2009, and managed to record some of this show at the Empress with a battered Roland 16 track recorder. This was supposed to be a secret show but we ended up with 298 payers in a bandroom with a 150 capacity on a 40 degree evening....the photos are from the tour.
I think I must have mixed almost every show Rat vs Possum have ever played, which is a considerable amount, but Meredith has been a highlight for everybody- the most unlikely day dream becomes reality. Video by Woody McDonald.
This was my favourite show of 2010 - the Twerps have been recording their album recently, and I've never seen them jangle quite so well together. Altogether an absolutely gorgeous set. Have a listen...