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June 10, 2006
The Oh Sees, Dragging An Ox Through Water @ Valentines 6/8
The Oh Sees at Valentines was one of those shows where you buy the album and then go home and listen to it that night. Or, that would have been my plan if my stereo wasn’t in repair limbo. The only other John Dwyer-led band I’d seen was Pink and Brown, so while I knew Oh Sees was his “folk” project, I still wasn’t really prepared for something all pretty and succinct, but it totally was. His voice managed to be powerful, goofy and sincere all at the same time, while playfully weaving around the warm twang of his singing partner. It was awesome and definitely the work of a guy who makes loud fucked up music but decided to contain that loud fucked-up-edness in tight, sweet little melodies. And then sail them out to reverb island.
Dragging an Ox was great as always and a super appropriate choice to maintain the plunky acoustic guitar + effects vibe. Brian just seems to get better and better. And his pretty little seven inch vastly improves a quiet Portland morning.
Rookie mistake: I forgot my camera. Visuals next time fo sho.
Posted by Mason at June 10, 2006 12:28 PM
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I just got back from seeing the oh sees play in Olympia, and it was just as fantastic as you described. I think I thanked them each two or three times.
Posted by: Laura at June 11, 2006 12:02 AM
