Odd Senses is the third album by Psyopus

Psyopus

Psyopus is a mathcore band from Rochester, New York. Formed in 2002, the band is noted for the unorthodox and extremely technical guitar techniques of Christopher Arp, often referred to as "Arpmandude"...

, released on February 17, 2009 via Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...

. The album was recorded and engineered at Watchmen Studios in Lockport, New York between July 20 and August 16 2008.

Track listing

All music by Psyopus and all lyrics by Christopher Arp.

1. ".44" - 0:53
2. "Medusa" - 3:30
3. "The Burning Halo" - 3:59
4. "Duct Tape Smile" - 3:33
5. "X and Y" - 3:42
6. "Boogeyman" - 5:34
7. "Imogen's Puzzle Pt 3" - 1:59
8. "Choker Chain" - 2:49
9. "Ms Shyflower" - 6:13
10. "A Murder to Child" - 9:15
11. "Untitled" - 20:34

Band

• Brian Woodruff - vocals
• Christopher 'Arpmandude' Arp - guitars
• Michael Horn - Bass
• Jason Bauers - Percussion, marimba
  Marimba
  The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. It consists of a set of wooden keys or bars with resonators. The bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys ...
  
  

Other

• Doug White - Engineer
• Craig Schriber - Illustrations and design
• Justina Villnueva - Photography
• Jennifer Manganiello - Guest vocals on "X and Y" and "Ms Shyflower"
• Adam McOwen - Violin on "A Murder to Child"
• Matt Colbert - Classical guitar on "A Murder to Child"
• Owen Tomaszewski - Cello on "A Murder to Child"

Musical themes

In an interview with MetalSucks.net, Arp elaborated on some of the lyrical themes present on the album saying that many of the songs are not "about being pissed off at women." "Medusa" describes the difficulty of getting over someone when you have to see them all the time. ".44" refers to Son of Sam while "Duct Tape Smile" describes the set of a snuff film

Snuff film

A snuff film is a motion picture genre that depicts the actual death or murder of a person or people, without the aid of special effects, for the express purpose of distribution and entertainment or financial exploitation. For-profit snuff films are generally regarded as an urban legend, whose...

. "The Burning Halo" touches on exorcism, "X and Y" describes a sex change and "Ms Shyflower" is about being buried alive.

Trivia

• Imogen's Puzzle Part 3 is essentially the same as Part 1 but reversed.
• Since March 23rd, the song "Duct Tape Smile" became available on Tap Tap Revenge 3
  Tap Tap Revenge 3
  Tap Tap Revenge 3 was the number 1 application in the App Store within the first 24 hours of its release and stayed there for over 2 weeks.Once released as a free application in the App Store, it rose to the 2nd most downloaded application in the App Store within 24 hours with 300,000 new members...
  
  . It is available free from the Metal Blade TTR Channel. It is notable as being one of the hardest songs to be featured in the game, due to its use of irregularly placed speed-taps.