Floating Coffin

Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin
Critic Score
Based on 16 reviews
2013 Ratings: #272 / 1115
User Score
Based on 289 ratings
2013 Rank: #207
Liked by 24 people
April 16, 2013 / Release Date
LP / Format
Castle Face / Label
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
No Ripcord

Enthusiastic and strange, a perfect good-time balance of the artfully absurd and the sonically robust. 

90
Uncut
It's the quintet's talent for sneaking in moments of surprising prettiness that makes their seventh record such a charmer.
89
Paste

This record marks a maturity milestone for the band. They played tight and cohesively on Putrifiers II. They were good. But with Coffin they are damn good.

80
Pitchfork

Although Floating Coffin does quite well with its searing powerhouses, the quieter moments add a much-needed sonic diversity.

80
Tiny Mix Tapes

It’s somewhat surprising as to how well of a grip Thee Oh Sees have here, and although prolificacy may warrant missteps, this doesn’t seem to be the case with this band.

80
NME

There are plenty of familiar garage-y thrills to be found here, but a new sense of menace too. 

70
PopMatters

These songs take big bites, bites that take some chewing – for player and listener – to get through them, to find the good stuff in them we need.

70
AllMusic

Floating Coffin will stand as a successful foray into the world of straight-ahead, heavy-rocking, non-weird alternative indie rock.

70
Consequence of Sound

Thee Oh Sees are incapable of recording an unlikeable album, and Floating Coffin’s warmed garage slashers will satisfy a noise-addled listener.

50
The Needle Drop

With tracks like "Minotaur" teasing toward its release, I thought Floating Coffin would be a catchy, energetic, and colorful garage rock record. Rather than follow suit, many other tracks on this LP riff endlessly with unadventurous guitars and uninspiring song structures.

SnowyFighter
75

DONT EAT ME

King giz part 2? Kinda feels like that a little bit but this is still a pretty good album. Fun jams all around. I think the best songs are easily the first 2, especially Toe Cutter Thumb Buster. That riff is fucking candyyyyyy to my earssss. I also enjoy Minotaur as a closer, it’s pretty cool in its dynamics. The rest of the album is fine to pretty good. So yeh

I Come from the Mountain - 8.5
Toe Cutter Thumb Buster - 9.5
The Floating Coffin - 6.5
No Spell - 7.5
Strawberries ... read more

AlisonCrimson
85

BIG GIRL REVIEW: As a self admitted sucker for psych rock, it was only a matter of time before I delved into Thee Oh Sees (or Oh Sees, Osees, OCS, whatever they go by this week really).

A few months back, “Floating Coffin” was the first Oh Sees’ record I tried to listen to and to be honest, I really wasn’t a huge fan at first. I really wanted to like this record, but I found a lot of the music here to be a bit repetitive and lack interesting ideas. However, I had seen ... read more

FunkyBlood9696
65

I enjoy Thee Osees as much as the next guy, and I was excited to check this album out since it's one of their most popular and respected releases around this time, however after giving it a full shot, I found it to be a pretty underwhelming record except for a few tracks that actually held up as some of the band's best material ever, like the first 2 songs and the very last song, "Minotaur"
For sure it's a colorful, playful and enjoyably chaotic Psychedelic Garage Rock album, with a ... read more

FunkyBlood9696
65

I enjoy Thee Osees as much as the next guy, and I was excited to check this album out since it's one of their most popular and respected releases around this time, however after giving it a full shot, I found it to be a pretty underwhelming record except for a few tracks that actually held up as some of the band's best material ever, like the first 2 songs and the very last song, "Minotaur"
For sure it's a colorful, playful and enjoyably chaotic Psychedelic Garage Rock album, with a ... read more

lumbodumbo
58

this band is SO hit or miss jesus christ

Mugweld
82

the most popular album of the osees marathon

to me this is like a more polished verion of carrion crawler. it still has those energetic riffs but theyre less noisy and in your face. still this is one of their best records as it goes from energetic to playful and happy to relaxed and more mellow. the songs are arranged well so that the whole experience feels like the album is sort of transforming as you keep listening. just bangers after bangers all around not much else to say about this one. ... read more

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Added on: January 28, 2013