Help (Thee Oh Sees album)

2009 studio album by Thee Oh Sees

Help

Studio album by

Thee Oh Sees

Released| April 28, 2009
Recorded| The Hangar, Sacramento, CA
Genre| Alternative rock, garage rock, noise rock, psychedelic rock
Length| 36:16
Label| In the Red
Thee Oh Sees chronology
| Thee Hounds of Foggy Notion
(2008)  | Help
(2009)  | Dog Poison
(2009)

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Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 81/100[1]
Review scores
Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
The Austin Chronicle| [3]
Mojo| [4]
Pitchfork| 8.0/10[5]
Tiny Mix Tapes| [6]
Uncut| [7]

Help is the eighth studio album by the American garage rock band Osees, released on April 28, 2009, on In the Red Records. It was the band's second album to be released under the name Thee Oh Sees.

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Enemy Destruct"| 3:19
2.| "Ruby Go Home"| 4:21
3.| "Meat Step Lively"| 2:48
4.| "A Flag in the Court"| 2:02
5.| "The Turn Around"| 1:03
6.| "Can You See?"| 2:34
7.| "Rainbow"| 1:46
8.| "Go Meet the Seed"| 5:51
9.| "I Can't Get No"| 1:58
10.| "Soda St. #1"| 2:38
11.| "Destroyed Fortress Reappears"| 5:23
12.| "Peanut Butter Oven"| 2:39

## Personnel

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Thee Oh Sees

* John Dwyer – vocals, guitar
* Brigid Dawson – vocals, keyboards
* Petey Dammit – bass
* Mike Shoun – drums

Production

* Chris Woodhouse – recording, mixing
* William Keihn – artwork
* Archie McKay – photography

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Osees

John Dwyer
Tim Hellman
Dan Rincon
Paul Quattrone
Tomas Dolas

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

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
* 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
* Weirdo Hairdo

Singles|

* "The Drag"
* "Fortress"

Former members|

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

Related articles|

| Articles|

* Discography
* Castle Face Records
* Chris Woodhouse

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Bands|

* Coachwhips
* Pink and Brown
* The Hospitals
* The Intelligence
* Sic Alps
* Ty Segall

Albums|

* Witch Egg

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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## References

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1. ^ "Reviews for Help by Thee Oh Sees". Metacritic. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
2. ^ Deming, Mark (April 28, 2009). "Help - Thee Oh Sees". AllMusic. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
3. ^ Schroeder, Audra (May 8, 2009). "Thee Oh Sees". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
4. ^ San Fran stalwart John Dwyer continues to deliver quality goo goo muck with his subterranean garage-psych combo. [Aug 2009, p.104]
5. ^ Colly, Joe (May 4, 2009). "Help - Thee Oh Sees". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
6. ^ St. Claw, Chizzly (August 28, 2009). "Thee Oh Sees - Help". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
7. ^ It's an exhilarating racket, to say the least. [Sep 2009, p.88]

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