Oh Inhuman Spectacle | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Methyl Ethel |
Cover: | Oh_Inhuman_Spectacle_by_Methyl_Ethel.png |
Label: | Dot Dash/4AD |
Prev Title: | Teeth |
Prev Year: | 2013 |
Next Title: | Everything Is Forgotten |
Next Year: | 2017 |
Oh Inhuman Spectacle is the debut studio album by Australian band Methyl Ethel. It was released in June 2015 through Dot Dash/4AD.
In a review by Stuart Berman from Pitchfork, Berman said "Methyl Ethel makes dream-pop for insomniacs—shadowy, nocturnal music whose surface shimmer barely conceals the fidgety, restless soul lurking underneath."[1]
Bekki Bemrose from Drowned in Sound said "The first few tracks on Oh Inhuman Spectacle set a high bar not quite maintained throughout, but still, the record is a promising début and a perfect soundtrack for those mysterious twilight hours."
Harriet Gibsone from The Guardian said "Its opening handful of tracks are robust – the doomish disco of 'Idée Fixe', the crepuscular melancholy of 'Shadowboxing', the Johnny Marr guitars that inhabit 'Rogues' – but soon the record wears out. Although it assimilates the past decade of alt-pop, there's a wiry quality to Webb's voice which recalls Turin Brakes' 'Olly Knights'. Much of the music here is less unearthly obscurity and more relatively straightforward indie, dressed up in a rainbow poncho."
Region | Date | Format | Label | Catalogue |
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Australia | June 2015 | Dot Dash Recordings | DASH031 /DASH031CD | |
Worldwide | 4AD | CAD3641 / CAD3641CD |