“The word smote is the past tense of smite: to hit, to strike, to attack. If there’s one thing the latest album from the latest incarnation of John Dwyer’s Oh Sees does, it’s that—smiting and smoting all over the goddamn place. But while there’s always an attack, an aggression, a precision to every second of Smote Reverser, the psych-rock turned every-genre-imaginable outfit explore all kinds of te”
“Smote Reverser proves that Oh Sees can be anything they want to be”
“On their new record, the California group remain deliriously unhinged but indulge in prog-metal fantasies.”
“The band's 21st album swerves its own weird way through Sixties and Seventies rock”
“Though it's a pretty solid work of modern psych, Smote Reverser isn't the wall-to-wall excitement that Oh Sees' last few albums have been.”
“How does Oh Sees leader John Dwyer do it? In 15 years, with varying line-ups and slightly differing band names (OCS, The Oh Sees, Thee Oh Sees, Oh Sees), the musician has put out 20 studio albums that have helped steadily lift him to his status as probably the biggest cult star in rock’s underground world. Despite his rate of output, he’s never repeated himself and, regardless of your feelings tow”
