San Francisco alternative rock band OSEES are delivering their 29th studio album this August.

Announced today, SORCS 80 will be released on August 9th via Castle Face Records. A new single titled “Cassius, Brutus & Judas” is available on digital services right now.

John Dwyer said this about making the record:

This album was a self imposed ambitious project for us. Something to kick in the creative flow. The last few years, having been a challenging time in general, felt like a good time for a pivot. The last two albums were so guitar and keyboard centric, I wanted a weird and fun set of parameters for us to work with. I demo’d everything at home on cassette 4 track (harkening back to simpler times) using drum loops, and just had at it 'til I had a pile of “songs”.

Tom and I chose one sound each using synths and created a range of 3 octaves of that sample, then loaded them into Roland SPD-SX samplers and learned the transcribed songs using drum sticks. The idea was to change the way we wrote and to have 4 people along the front of the stage essentially playing percussion. So no guitar, no keys.

As we were recording I kept thinking how the sounds, when paired up, sounded a bit like brass. So, we added a saxophone horn section to round out the horniness of the sound with a bit of reedy bell tones. Thanks to Cansfis Foote & Brad Caulkins on tenor and Baritone saxophones :)

Sort of a Dexy’s Midnight Runners meets Von LMO meets The Flesh Eaters meets the Screamers kinda punk junk.

Poppy and hooky, heavy at times..

Sort of vacuous and maybe a bit sci-fi in sound.

Boneheaded in riff and heady in lyrics.

Recorded at Stu-Stu-Studio by me on 8 track 1/4” tape .

So pretty hot and raw.

Lots to write about today.

A lot of these lyrics were taken from things people said in passing about taking on life right now that stuck with me.

Things that made me reflect.

Things that made me laugh.

Things that made me WTF.

Some folks are kind, genuine & give you love and energy.

Some are greedy manipulative ghouls who hang off your veins.

You must be strong, composed and take care of yourself.

Be self aware and check your mind for cracks.

Learn to relax and be well.

There are moments of beauty and redemption.

Its not all bad news and there’s always hope.

People continue to surprise me one way or another.

Anyhow,

Hope you enjoy and good luck out there.

OSEES have a slew of tour dates in the United States, the U.K., and Europe in the following months. Tour dates can be seen below. Tickets are on sale to the general public right now here.

OSEES tour dates

June 7 – Amiens, FR – Minuit avant la Nuit

June 8 – Venlo, NL @ Best Kept Secret

June 9 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg

July 4 – Gachuurt, Mongolia – Playtime Festival

August 2 – Malestroit, FR – Au Pont Du Rock

August 3 – Ponte de Lima, PORT – Punte D’ Lima festival

August 4 – Bagnes, Switzerland – Palp Festival

August 15 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom

August 16 – London, UK – Dingwalls

August 17 – Wales, UK – Green Man Festival

August 18 – London, UK – The Shacklewell Arms w/ Container

August 30 – Los Angeles, CA – The Bellwether w/ Warblob and TBA

August 31 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel

September 1 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel

September 2 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel

September 3 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel

September 5 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom

September 6 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos

September 7 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos

September 9 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall

September 10 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall

September 11 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre

September 13 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar

September 14 – Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole

October 15 – Shiprock, NM @ Shiprock Chapter House

October 16 – Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep

October 18 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall

October 19 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall

October 20 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom

October 21 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit Hall

October 23 – Boston, MA @ Royale

October 24 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw

October 25 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw

October 26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer

October 28 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel

October 29 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse