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01) Memory of a Cut Off Head
02) Cannibal Planet
03) The Remote Viewer
04) The Baron Sleeps and Dreams
05) On and On Corridor
06) Neighbor to None
07) The Fool
08) The Chopping Block
09) Time Tuner
10) Lift a Finger by the Garden Path
01) Memory of a Cut Off Head
02) Cannibal Planet
03) The Remote Viewer
04) The Baron Sleeps and Dreams
05) On and On Corridor
06) Neighbor to None
07) The Fool
08) The Chopping Block
09) Time Tuner
10) Lift a Finger by the Garden Path
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2017
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"Memory of a Cut Off Head" is the twentieth studio album by American garage rock band OCS, released on November 17, 2017, on Castle Face Records. The album is the first to be released under the OCS moniker since OCS 4: Get Stoved (2005), and is their fifth overall to be released under an abbreviated name.
Produced by founding member John Dwyer, the album is primarily an acoustic collaboration between Dwyer and former core member Brigid Dawson.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 73, based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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OCS’ latest, Memory of a Cut Off Head, holds true to these ever-present psychedelic tendencies, but does such in much gentler fashion and knocks their recent all-guns-blazing formula on the head. This time around, the volume is dialled down and the reverb restrained, their usual brand of face-melting fretwork traded in for a folkier style.
But, fear not, this departure doesn’t mean that the band have gone soft in their old age. For the most part, a palpable sense of uncertainty permeates the lower-key proceedings, with the eerie strings of the title track proving a winsome kick down the rabbit hole into a place populated by unease and confusion. Here, what can initially be construed as whimsical often reveals a darkness within, with most everything vocalist Brigid Dawson whispers over these reduced musical backdrops sounding like an ethereal transmission from an Alice trapped in a multitude of wonderlands brimming with despair and apprehension. “The Remote Viewer”, both serene and carnivalesque, and “The Chopping Block”, which has delightful echoes of “Space Oddity”, best epitomise this kind of infectious melancholy.
As such, it’s hard to argue that OCS’ style is, once again, entirely original. These schizophrenic musings are hardly a far cry from the kooky Edwardian clatter of Barrett-era Pink Floyd or Love’s depiction of the harsh reality of the ‘60s dream on Forever Changes. What Memory of a Cut Off Head does do, however, is make a compelling case for Dwyer and co. to do away with the amplifiers and histrionics for good. An achievable feat? Hold that thought, album 21 is probably already in the can...
Reviewed by Dan Owens for thelineofbestfit.com.
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"Memory of a Cut Off Head" is the twentieth studio album by American garage rock band OCS, released on November 17, 2017, on Castle Face Records. The album is the first to be released under the OCS moniker since OCS 4: Get Stoved (2005), and is their fifth overall to be released under an abbreviated name.
Produced by founding member John Dwyer, the album is primarily an acoustic collaboration between Dwyer and former core member Brigid Dawson.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 73, based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
User Album Review
OCS’ latest, Memory of a Cut Off Head, holds true to these ever-present psychedelic tendencies, but does such in much gentler fashion and knocks their recent all-guns-blazing formula on the head. This time around, the volume is dialled down and the reverb restrained, their usual brand of face-melting fretwork traded in for a folkier style.
But, fear not, this departure doesn’t mean that the band have gone soft in their old age. For the most part, a palpable sense of uncertainty permeates the lower-key proceedings, with the eerie strings of the title track proving a winsome kick down the rabbit hole into a place populated by unease and confusion. Here, what can initially be construed as whimsical often reveals a darkness within, with most everything vocalist Brigid Dawson whispers over these reduced musical backdrops sounding like an ethereal transmission from an Alice trapped in a multitude of wonderlands brimming with despair and apprehension. “The Remote Viewer”, both serene and carnivalesque, and “The Chopping Block”, which has delightful echoes of “Space Oddity”, best epitomise this kind of infectious melancholy.
As such, it’s hard to argue that OCS’ style is, once again, entirely original. These schizophrenic musings are hardly a far cry from the kooky Edwardian clatter of Barrett-era Pink Floyd or Love’s depiction of the harsh reality of the ‘60s dream on Forever Changes. What Memory of a Cut Off Head does do, however, is make a compelling case for Dwyer and co. to do away with the amplifiers and histrionics for good. An achievable feat? Hold that thought, album 21 is probably already in the can...
Reviewed by Dan Owens for thelineofbestfit.com.
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