Floating Coffin
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| Studio album by Thee Oh Sees | ||||
| Released | April 16, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Garage rock, psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 39:45 | |||
| Label | Castle Face Records | |||
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Floating Coffin is a studio album by the American garage rock band Thee Oh Sees, released on April 16, 2013 on Castle Face Records. The album is the band's eighth to be released under the name Thee Oh Sees, and their fourteenth studio album overall.
It is the last studio album to feature bassist Petey Dammit! and drummer Mike Shoun.
Frontman John Dwyer described the album as being "heavier" and "darker" than their previous efforts, and that "[The] songs occur in the mindset of a world that's perpetually war-ridden".
All members of the band were part of the recording process that took place in December 2012. The album was created as more of a group effort, John Dwyer stated, "Usually I bring in the [songs] and everybody sort of forms around [them], but this time a lot of this record was written together, as a band, which we haven't done in awhile [sic]." Lars Finberg recorded secondary drums and guitar for the album, but due to engagements with The Intelligence in late 2012 and early 2013, he did not tour with the Thee Oh Sees during the period of the album's recording and release. Because of this, the band's live lineup returned to its previous four-piece incarnation. Guest musician K. Dylan Edrich had previously recorded viola for 2012's Putrifiers II, and did so again for Floating Coffin. The only other guest musician on the album was Kelley Stoltz who played harpsichord.
The album was recorded at The Hangar in Sacramento, CA, with Chris Woodhouse. Woodhouse also played percussion on the album, which he had done on previous releases with the band. This is the first Thee Oh Sees album to also be mastered by Woodhouse. Up until Floating Coffin, he had only recorded and mixed their albums, with the mastering process being handled by a third party.
On February 8th, the band released the song "Minotaur" for streaming and free download on several music news websites. The band later also released a second track, "Toe Cutter-Thumb Buster" for free. These songs, along with the track "Tunnel Time", had been included in the band's live performances for several months before the announcement of Floating Coffin.
A music video was created for the song "Minotaur", and was directed by John Dwyer and John Harlow. The video features John Dwyer as a minotaur, Brigid Dawson as a woman the minotaur has trapped in its dungeon, Mike Shoun as a brash knight, and Petey Dammit as a cowardly page. The knight and page travel through the woods, trying to locate the minotaur's lair. Upon reaching the maze of the lair, the minotaur beheads the knight, and the page flees with the knight's sword. Meanwhile, the minotaur dreams about a day at the beach with the woman it captured, where she enjoys its company rather than resenting it for holding her against her will. The page builds up the courage to return to fight the minotaur, and kills it in its sleep. The page frees the woman and they escape from the lair into the daylight.
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