Mutilator Defeated At Last

Thee Oh Sees - Mutilator Defeated At Last
Critic Score
Based on 14 reviews
2015 Ratings: #292 / 1021
User Score
Based on 255 ratings
2015 Rank: #111
Liked by 29 people
May 18, 2015 / Release Date
LP / Format
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
Tiny Mix Tapes
They are always as viscerally fun as they are idiosyncratic, making any twist to their oeuvre a step in the right direction.
80
AllMusic

After Drop some might have expected Thee Oh Sees to continue to explore their softer side, Mutilator Defeated at Last confounds those expectations. Blows them up, really, in a giant fireball of guitars, noise, and psychedelic power.

80
NME
The Californian five-piece’s 14th album packs everything they’re good at into one concentrated effort: frenetic rock, pulsating psychedelia and buoyant melodies.
80
The Skinny
Thee Oh Sees are still at their best following their tried’n’tested formula: burning a hole through your skull with frazzled garage scree.
78
Pitchfork

As with Drop, this extra polish and attention benefits Mutilator. There are tasteful psychedelic embellishments—synth wooshes, delay trails—and new instrumentation, like electric organ and acoustic guitar.

75
A.V. Club

While not front-to-back pummeling, Mutilator Defeated At Last is fast and hard for much of its 33 minutes.

75
Consequence of Sound

Mutilator is a hulking beast that covers a great deal of distance — as much as any other Oh Sees album to date.

lincoln
96

Withered Hand at full volume destroyed the shit out of my ears, but its also the best experience I've had listening to a song in a while!!!!!
Listened to this on a stroll today and absolutely LOVED it!! This is my first experience with Thee Oh Sees so I didn't really know exactly what I was getting into, but I was not disappointed when I got smack in the fucking face with psychedelic punk-adjacent bangers from front to back!! I got a lot of King Gizzard vibes from this. Mutilator Defeated At ... read more

FunkyBlood9696
70

Altho I didn't find it super engaging throught, the solid production and tight performances do give me most of what I want in a record in this style

Fav Tracks: Web, Withered Hand, Turned Out Light

Z.Younk
78

Clearly one of their most accessible, heavy psychedelic rock with a new indie pop appeal; but they've got more far reach albums, experimentally, if you're an old school psychedelic fan who's followed the genre for years.

lincoln
96

Withered Hand at full volume destroyed the shit out of my ears, but its also the best experience I've had listening to a song in a while!!!!!
Listened to this on a stroll today and absolutely LOVED it!! This is my first experience with Thee Oh Sees so I didn't really know exactly what I was getting into, but I was not disappointed when I got smack in the fucking face with psychedelic punk-adjacent bangers from front to back!! I got a lot of King Gizzard vibes from this. Mutilator Defeated At ... read more

hummingthenight
70

Was recommended listening to this since they said it was "the most similar to King Gizzard". The only album by Thee Oh Sees that I have listened to, at the time of writing this, was Intercepted Message, for the sake of checking it out last year. I thought it was decent but wasn't the biggest fan of it. This album I enjoyed more, but it's another case of Intercepted Message, where they just aren't really my thing. Will I check out future albums? Yeah, probably, but I can't imagine ... read more

Mugweld
87

osees martahon goes on

fuck it this ones the best osees album. i always preferred carrion crawler but this one has finally won me over. first of all i want to say the drumming is incredible it may be my favourite out of any osees record. yeah this one is super consistent and the atmosphere is kinda eerie at times which makes for a really interesting listening experience. there are of course the heavy and fast paced ragers as usual on this but the more toned down stuf is also fantastic. the ... read more

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Track List

1Web
4:58
88
2Withered Hand
3:30
89
3Poor Queen
2:21
86
4Turned Out Light
2:05
83
5Lupine Ossuary
4:18
80
6Sticky Hulks
6:51
84
7Holy Smoke
2:41
78
8Rogue Planet
1:57
88
9Palace Doctor
4:41
80
Total Length: 33 minutes
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