"Thee Hounds of Foggy Notion / Live Performances Sans Stages And Whatnots With Thee Oh Sees (2008), is a film we made just over a decade ago, and this record is the soundtrack. I loved making it, and I love all that were involved. I'm honestly blissed-out proud to hear over the years that it somehow is loved by so many others, too.
"I first met John Dwyer on Flag Day. I was blown away by a trio of roving Coachwhips guerrilla street shows that climaxed at the the scenic vista parking lot high above San Francisco atop Mt. Sutro. Amongst the gathered uninitiated hordes of souvenir sweatshirt selling families, and puzzled elderly global tourist translators, and a white weirdo tuxedo wedding party, was the sonic corruption of the Coachwhips... I'm certain that this exact event was the idea seed for Thee Hounds Of Foggy Notion, and that it saved my life a little bit. "When JPD asked me to consider making a video for Thee Oh Sees with the sole stipulation that he didn't want to do anything fake-y to playback, my head started swimming. What we mutually agreed upon was to essentially reprise Flag Day, and film Thee Oh Sees performing live, but not on stages. "I rented a 15-passenger van, a generator, and the minimal cinematic equipment my trusted cinematographer friend James Wall deemed we needed. Everything sound wise was JPD territory and went through an ancient mixing board that Johnny had housed within a Samsonite suitcase. We ran all the plate mics from the drums, and the li'l pedestal mics from the amps through this old mixer, and we all believed that all would be well and swell." -Brian Lee Hughes
Tracklist
A1 Gilded Cunt
A2 Island Raiders
A3 Ship
A4 Block Of Ice
A5 Curtains
A6 Dumb Drums
A7 We Are Free
A8 Thee Hounds Of Foggy Notion
B1 Make Them Kiss
B2 Golden Phones
B3 If I Had A Reason
B4 Highland Wife's Lament
B5 Dreadful Heart
B6 Ghost In The Trees
B7 Iceberg
B8 Second Date
Label: Castle Face – CF-108
Format: Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Remastered, Half Grass, Half Glass
Country: US
Released: 2019
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock