THE RETURN OF OSEES
With Special Guests: Station Model Violence
“We're bringing a lot of shit we aint played in years down there. Will be fun!” - John Dwyer
The greatest live band in the world, Osees return to Australia next February and this time they’re bringing a returning band member, a new album and a whole lot of shit they ain’t played in years!
Singer, keyboardist Brigid Dawson returns to the fold having previously appeared during the mid-2000’s on some of their best, most well known material including the albums Help, Carrion Crawler/The Dream and Floating Coffin. A solo performer in her own right, Dawson is noted for her harmonies and is credited with helping Osees frontman John Dwyer write melodies. It's the material from this period of Thee Oh Sees/OCS that will form the bulk of the set alongside cuts from the new album Off Course.
"We went back to an older method of writing for this one. We jammed and jammed and jammed. I took the tapes home and ironed out some mutant tunes. We went back into the studio and burned them to tape live and then I took it home to Stu-Stu-Studio and did the vocals and brought in Tom Dolas & Brigid Dawson to put the finish on. Spice is always nice.” - John Dwyer
The group’s evolution has been relentless: from lo-fi folk experiments to high-voltage garage punk, and into their current mix of krautrock, noise, and progressive jams. Dwyer’s creative philosophy remains constant – no repetition, no nostalgia, no comfort zone. The result is a discography as sprawling and unpredictable as Frank Zappa’s or King Gizzard’s, but with its own brand of Californian menace.
"In the comfy chair, as neo-hardcore, post-punk fade into psychedelic garage-rock, I evanesce in the moments, muse that with the theatre stage vision in front of me, could this be what going to see The Psychedelic Stooges, or Grateful Dead or MC5 back in the 60’s in San Francisco? Osees are achieving, again and again, taking their audience on an escapist (bus) trip.” - 13th Floor
"It is an almost two-hour set that swings from sonic excursions to nuggets of classic ‘60s rock. Could Osees deliver better than did two years ago? Well yes, it was more intense, tighter and even more layered.- i94bar.com
>Joining Osees for all shows will be Sydney 6-piece, sometimes 9-piece Station Model Violence. Featuring current and former members of R.M.F.C and Total Control, SMV are riding high off the back of a stunning debut album and full house shows of their own.
“... this feels like an epic drama, something big; elegant yet forceful, and completely enthralling. A masterpiece of 2026. I’d take note, get in line, tell your friends—climb the crow’s nest and look for them on the horizon.” - Maximum RocknRoll
“Album of the year!” - John Dwyer