A Foul Form

2022 studio album by Osees

A Foul Form

Studio album by

Osees

Released| August 12, 2022 (2022-08-12)
Studio| Stu Stu Studio
Genre|

* Punk rock[1]
* hardcore punk
* noise rock
* garage punk
* garage rock

Length| 21:54
Label| Castle Face
Producer| John Dwyer
Osees chronology
| Panther Rotate
(2020)  | A Foul Form
(2022)  | Intercepted Message
(2023)

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Singles from  A Foul Form

1. "Funeral Solution"
Released: May 16, 2022
2. "Perm Act"
Released: June 24, 2022
3. "A Foul Form"
Released: July 19, 2022

Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 79/100[2]
Review scores
Source| Rating
Louder Than War| 4.5/5[3]
Pitchfork| 7.0/10[4]

A Foul Form is the twenty-sixth studio album by American garage rock band Osees, released on August 12, 2022, by Castle Face Records.[5] Continuing the return to the faster, more aggressive punk sound that the band explored on Protean Threat, the album was described by frontman John Dwyer as "Brain stem cracking scum-punk ... an homage to the punk bands we grew up on."[5] The album includes a cover of the Rudimentary Peni song “Sacrifice.”

## Background and recording

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Inspired by a shared love of punk bands like Crass, Black Flag, and The Stooges, the band recorded and mixed the album entirely at frontman John Dwyer's home basement studio. Dwyer employed various studio techniques that were used in the recordings of various 70's and 80's punk albums, including using minimal amounts of reverb, miking the drums with as few microphones as possible, and plugging guitars straight into a midrange public address system instead of a guitar tube amplifier.[6] Dwyer finished recording vocals and mixing the album over Christmas 2021 while sick with COVID-19, noting that the timing of symptoms gave harsher qualities to his vocal performance, as well as focusing his mixing efforts.[7]

## Track listing

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A Foul Form track listingNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Funeral Solution"| 1:52
2.| "Frock Block"| 1:37
3.| "Too Late for Suicide"| 3:30
4.| "A Foul Form"| 1:51
5.| "A Burden Snared"| 1:21
6.| "Scum Show"| 1:49
7.| "Fucking Kill Me"| 1:40
8.| "Perm Act"| 3:52
9.| "Social Butt"| 3:20
10.| "Sacrifice" (originally by Rudimentary Peni)| 1:02
Total length:| 21:54

## Personnel

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Credits adapted from vinyl record sleeve.

Osees

* John Dwyer – guitar, vocals, synth, mixing
* Tomas Dolas – guitar
* Tim Hellman – bass
* Dan Rincon – drums
* Paul Quattrone – drums

Technical personnel

* Enrique Tena Padilla – editing help
* JJ Golden – mastering
* Dylan McConnell – cover art
* Titouan Massé – inner sleeve photo
* Matthew Jones – layout
* Harry Waine – Castle Face Records logo

## Charts

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Chart performance for A Foul Form Chart (2022)  | Peak
position

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Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)[8] | 44
Scottish Albums (OCC)[9] | 20
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[10] | 39
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[11] | 6
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[12] | 2

## References

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1. ^ "Osees – A Foul Form". AllMusic. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
2. ^ "A Foul Form by Osees Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
3. ^ Whittle, Nathan (July 31, 2022). "Osees: A Foul Form – Album of the Week". Louder Than War. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
4. ^ Rytlewski, Evan (August 13, 2022). "Osees: A Foul Form Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
5. ^ a b Pearis, Bill (May 16, 2022). "OSEES announce new album 'A Foul Form'". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
6. ^ King, Pat (August 11, 2022). "Exclusive: Listen to OSEES' New Album, A Foul Form". Paste. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
7. ^ "The Aquarium Drunkard Interview :: OSEES' John Dwyer". Aquarium Drunkard. August 17, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
8. ^ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 22 August 2022". The ARIA Report. No. 1694\. Australian Recording Industry Association. August 22, 2022. p. 10.
9. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
10. ^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
11. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
12. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 20, 2022.

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Osees

Tomas Dolas
John Dwyer
Tim Hellman
Dan Rincon
Paul Quattrone

Studio albums|

* 1
* 2
* Songs About Death & Dying Vol. 3
* OCS 4: Get Stoved
* The Cool Death of Island Raiders
* Sucks Blood
* The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In
* Help
* Dog Poison
* Warm Slime
* Castlemania
* Carrion Crawler/The Dream
* Putrifiers II
* Floating Coffin
* Drop
* Mutilator Defeated at Last
* A Weird Exits
* An Odd Entrances
* Orc
* Memory of a Cut Off Head
* Smote Reverser
* Face Stabber
* Protean Threat
* Metamorphosed
* Panther Rotate
* Weirdo Hairdo
* A Foul Form
* Intercepted Message
* Sorcs 80

Compilations|

* Singles Collection Volume 3

Live albums|

* Thee Hounds of Foggy Notion
* Live in San Francisco

Remix albums|

* Panther Rotate

EPs|

* Moon Sick

Singles|

* "The Drag"
* "Fortress"

Former members|

* Patrick Mullins
* Jigmae Baer
* Lars Finberg
* Mike Shoun
* Petey Dammit!
* Brigid Dawson
* Nick Murray
* Ryan Moutinho

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