Psych-punk psychic warrior, ear worm-farmer, andpossessor of many stamped passport pages John Dwyer and thehis band Osees (aka Oh Sees, Thee Oh Sees, OCS, The Oh Sees)return to Aotearoa next February for the first time in muchtoo damn long. Banished Music and Strange News Touring areteaming up to bring you three mammoth rawk shows, inAuckland, Wellington and Raglan. The2025 visit comes off the back of their 28th album (yikes!)Sorcs 80.
Another stab at mutant-punk it may be but Sorcs 80is unique to the Osees catalogue in that there aren't anyguitars on the album. Synths are the only sounds you’llhear here other than a horn section, drums and frontman JohnDwyer's vocals, yet still they deliver the goods as onlyOsees can, with tracks like Also the Gorilla and TerminationOffice sitting amongst their very best. Dwyer himselfhas described the album as "Dexy's Midnight Runners meetsVon LMO meets The Flesh Eaters meets the Screamers kindapunk junk”, with MOJO saying it boasts “Dwyer'scatchiest hooks yet”.
The point is, this is another peakin the mountain range of Osees high points, these shows aregoing to be wild. Fans of the old fashioned ways, takeheart, the guitar is very much at the fore of the modernOsees live experience, as are the duelling drums of PaulQuattrone and Dan Rincon, while bassist Timothy Hellman andkeyboard player Tomas Dolas are the linchpins holding thesprawling unrestrained chaos at bay, never relenting andensuring the whole show stays oncourse..
