Oh Inhuman Spectacle

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

Oh Inhuman Spectacle
Studio album by Methyl Ethel
Released	5 June 2015 (2015-06-05)
Label	Dot Dash/4AD
Methyl Ethel chronology
Teeth (2013) Oh Inhuman Spectacle (2015) Everything Is Forgotten (2017)
Singles from Oh Inhuman Spectacle
"Rogues" Released: 2015 "Twilight Driving" Released: 2015 "Idée Fixe" Released: March 2016

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	65/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Guardian	[2]
Consequence of Sound	B-[3]
Drowned in Sound	7/10[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

No.	Title	Length
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

All tracks are written by Jake Webb.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Catalogue
Australia	June 2015	CD digital download LP streaming	Dot Dash Recordings	DASH031 /DASH031CD
Worldwide			4AD	CAD3641 / CAD3641CD