Oh Inhuman Spectacle is the debut studio album by Australian band Methyl Ethel. It was released in June 2015 through Dot Dash/4AD.
Reception
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."[5]
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."[4]
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."[2]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jake Webb
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| 1. | "Idée Fixe" | 3:37 |
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| 2. | "Shadowboxing" | 4:10 |
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| 3. | "Rogues" | 3:45 |
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| 4. | "To Swim" | 2:16 |
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| 5. | "Twilight Driving" | 3:59 |
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| 6. | "Depth Perception" | 3:58 |
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| 7. | "Unbalacing Acts" | 4:01 |
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| 8. | "Also Gesellschaft" | 3:03 |
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| 9. | "Obscura" | 3:18 |
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| 10. | "Artificial Limb" | 3:13 |
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| 11. | "Sweet Waste" | 3:59 |
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| 12. | "Everything Is As It Should Be" | 4:30 |
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Release history
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