(In the Red)
San Francisco's Thee Oh Sees are a band with fuzzy boundaries ? they hover between acting as a solo outlet for US garage-punk linchpin John Dwyer and existing as a full band, and stylistically between psychedelic whimsy and amp-blowing ferocity. For the past couple of years they have concentrated on the latter, touring tirelessly and deservedly becoming a real cult draw. Now Castlemania dials down the fuzz a bit: guitars are largely acoustic (albeit bashed at with a punkish gusto), the arrangements full of messy, playful colour and the tunes some of their poppiest yet. Songs clearly spill from Dwyer ? there are 16 here, just two of them covers ? and his skill with melody and harmony only grows. The faint air of pie-eyed 60s silliness (song titles include Spider Cider and Idea for Rubber Dog) and Dwyer's cartoonish vocalisms could put some off, but there's more than enough sunny, funny, manic charm to make it all work.
Sarah Gellman Eliza Dushku Bonnie Jill Laflin Joanna Krupa Ashley Olsen
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