{{More citations needed|date=May 2010}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Warm Slime | type = Studio | artist = Thee Oh Sees | cover = Warmslime.jpg | alt = | released = May 11, 2010 | recorded = July 2009 | venue = Club Six, San Francisco | studio = | genre = Garage rock, noise rock, psychedelic rock | length = 30:48 | label = In The Red Records | producer = | prev_title = Dog Poison | prev_year = 2009 | next_title = Castlemania | next_year = 2011 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1746114|first=Mark|last=Deming}}</ref> | rev2 = Drowned in Sound | rev2Score = (8/10) <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15427/reviews/4140137 |title=Drowned in Sound review |access-date=July 5, 2010 |archive-date=June 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605061010/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15427/reviews/4140137 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | rev3 = NME | rev3Score = (7/10) <ref>[https://www.nme.com/reviews/11339 NME review]</ref> | rev4 = Pitchfork Media | rev4Score = (6.9/10) <ref>[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14226-warm-slime/ Pitchfork Media review]</ref> | rev5 = Tiny Mix Tapes | rev5Score = {{rating|3.5|5}} <ref>[http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/thee-oh-sees-warm-slime Tiny Mix Tapes review]</ref> }}
'''''Warm Slime''''' is the tenth studio album by American psychedelic rock band Thee Oh Sees, released on May 11, 2010. The album is the fourth to be released under the name Thee Oh Sees, and is the band's tenth studio album, overall.
==Background== The album's liner notes state that the album was "recorded live at 60 6th street in San Francisco in one day, one week after the gay pride parade 2009 on a tascam 388". 60 6th Street in San Francisco was, at the time, the location of Club Six, a hip hop club where John Dwyer worked. Dwyer described Club Six as "A big, airy room with a nice wooden stage, hardwood floors and really high ceilings. I gave them $500 to record in the room for 12 hours." The whole album was recorded "live" with no overdubs in an attempt to recreate the feeling of the band's live performances.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebaybridged.com/2010/08/13/dissecting-the-song-thee-oh-sees-warm-slime/|title=Dissecting the Song: Thee Oh Sees - "Warm Slime"|date=13 August 2010}}</ref> Mike Donovan, the leader of Sic Alps, was the only guest musician on the album. Donovan was a past collaborator that had appeared on OCS' 2005 album ''3&4'', on which he provided vocals for the song "Burning Beauties".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/OCS-Songs-About-Death-And-Dying-Vol-3/release/2102608|title = OCS – Songs About Death & Dying Vol. 3 (2005, Full Moon White, Vinyl)|website = Discogs}}</ref> Like the majority of the band's catalog, ''Warm Slime'' was recorded and mixed by Chris Woodhouse.
Much attention was drawn to the album's title track. At over thirteen and a half minutes long, it was the lengthiest song the band had ever released.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.beardedmagazine.com/features/article/what-the-media-are-saying-about-thee-oh-sees-warm-slime-in-the-red|title=What the media are saying about: Thee Oh Sees – Warm Slime (In the Red) {{pipe}} Bearded Magazine: The Home of Independent Music}}</ref> Dwyer claimed that he had wanted to record a long-format song like Can's "Yoo Doo Right", The Doors' "When the Music's Over", and Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/interview-john-dwyer-of-thee-oh-sees | title=John Dwyer of Thee Oh Sees | date=3 May 2010 }}</ref>
==Release== The cover art was made by Kyle Ranson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://larecord.com/staff-blog/2010/12/29/best-album-art-of-2010-by-walt-gorecki|title = Best Album Art of 2010 by Walt! Gorecki}}</ref> He would later go on to create the cover for ''Putrifiers II'' in 2012.
''Warm Slime'' was the only significant release to be excluded from Burger Records' 2011 series of Thee Oh Sees cassettes. Each cassette in the series featured two albums by the band, one for each side of the tape. Instead, Warm Slime was issued on cassette in 2012 by itself. Only 300 were made (same as each of the releases in the 2011 series), and they were individually numbered as a limited edition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Thee-Oh-Sees-Warm-Slime/release/4041104|title = Thee Oh Sees – Warm Slime (2012, Cassette)|website = Discogs}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing |title1 = Warm Slime |length1 = 13:30 |title2 = I Was Denied |length2 = 3:38 |title3 = Everything Went Black |length3 = 3:19 |title4 = Castiatic Tackle |length4 = 2:26 |title5 = Flash Bats |length5 = 3:17 |title6 = Mega-Feast |length6 = 2:10 |title7 = MT Work |length7 = 2:28 }}
==Personnel== ;Thee Oh Sees *John Dwyer – guitars, tape, vocals, artwork *Brigid Dawson – Wurlitzer organ, percussion, vocals *Petey Dammit – guitar (via EQ pedal and bass amp<ref>{{cite web |title=How does Petey Dammit (Thee Oh Sees) make his guitar sound like a bass? |url=https://www.tdpri.com/threads/how-does-petey-dammit-thee-oh-sees-make-his-guitar-sound-like-a-bass.484480/ |website=Telecaster Guitar Forum |access-date=7 May 2025}}</ref>) *Mike Shoun – drums ;Guest musicians *Mike Donovan – fuzz guitar, percussion *Chris Woodhouse – percussion
;Production *Chris Woodhouse – recording engineer, mix engineer *Kyle Ranson – artwork *John Dwyer – photography *Patrick Haight – mastering (cassette version) *Kevin Ink – mastering (CD and vinyl versions)
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