
Another Oh Sees release is upon us, and though their output isn't as fevered as last year, it seems that good things come with patience. Purifiers II is a more concentrated and potent affair than either the ambitious, sprawling Castlemania or its fiery, jam induced follow-up Carrion Crawler/The Dream . Starting with a ferocious guitar blast the album pushes all the qualities that make Thee Oh Sees a live juggernaut; bass torrents, Dwyer's echo-plexed wails, and combustible energy that feels as if it might burst through your skin. But the album is also a distillation [...]