Oh Inhuman Spectacle
Studio album by
Methyl Ethel
Released5 June 2015 (2015-06-05)
LabelDot Dash/4AD
Methyl Ethel chronology
Teeth
(2013)		 Oh Inhuman Spectacle
(2015)		 Everything Is Forgotten
(2017)
Singles from Oh Inhuman Spectacle
  1. "Rogues"
    Released: 2015
  2. "Twilight Driving"
    Released: 2015
  3. "Idée Fixe"
    Released: March 2016

Oh Inhuman Spectacle is the debut studio album by Australian band Methyl Ethel. It was released in June 2015 through Dot Dash/4AD.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic65/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian[2]
Consequence of SoundB-[3]
Drowned in Sound7/10[4]

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

No.TitleLength
1."Idée Fixe"3:37
2."Shadowboxing"4:10
3."Rogues"3:45
4."To Swim"2:16
5."Twilight Driving"3:59
6."Depth Perception"3:58
7."Unbalacing Acts"4:01
8."Also Gesellschaft"3:03
9."Obscura"3:18
10."Artificial Limb"3:13
11."Sweet Waste"3:59
12."Everything Is As It Should Be"4:30

Release history

Region Date Format Label Catalogue
Australia June 2015
Dot Dash Recordings DASH031 /DASH031CD
Worldwide 4AD CAD3641 / CAD3641CD

References

  1. ↑ "Oh Inhuman Spectacle by Methyl Ethel". Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 Gibsone, Harriet (26 May 2016). "Methyl Ethel: Oh Inhuman Spectacle review – regular indie in a rainbow poncho". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Album Review: Methyl Ethel – Oh Inhuman Spectacle". Consequence of Sound. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Album Review: Methyl Ethel - Oh Inhuman Spectacle". DrownedInSound. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Methyl Ethel: Oh Inhuman Spectacle Album Review | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 14 May 2017.


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