Floating Coffin

Floating Coffin is the fourteenth studio album by the American garage rock band Thee Oh Sees, released on April 16, 2013, on Castle Face Records.

Frontman John Dwyer described the album as being "heavier" and "darker" than their previous efforts, and that "[The] songs occur in the mindset of a world that's perpetually war-ridden".

The album was created as more of a group effort, John Dwyer stated, "Usually I bring in the [songs] and everybody sort of forms around [them], but this time a lot of this record was written together, as a band, which we haven't done in awhile [sic].

Guest musician K. Dylan Edrich had previously recorded viola for 2012's Putrifiers II, and did so again for Floating Coffin.

[8][9] These songs, along with the track "Tunnel Time", had been included in the band's live performances for several months before the announcement of Floating Coffin.

The limited edition includes a bonus Flexi disc of the traditional song "There Is a Balm in Gilead", arranged by Brigid Dawson.

[15] The band's Moon Sick EP is made up of four songs that were intended for Floating Coffin, but were not ultimately included on the album.

[3] Like Floating Coffin, this EP was released on Castle Face Records, with versions on both "bone-white" and black vinyl.

"[29] Pitchfork's Evan Minsker called Floating Coffin "another resounding success," writing "[F]or an album stuffed with great melodies, smooth transitions, shredding guitar solos, and stellar percussion work [..] it's hard to mind when the lyrics take a backseat.

"[25] Paula Mejia of Consequence of Sound wrote that while some of the tracks were unfocused, the album "is a sign that Thee Oh Sees are far from dead, or burning out.