Do Make Say Think

This has been one of my very favourite albums since its release some years ago. An affecting album of crisp and honest guitar work over some beautiful, relaxed drumming all interspersed with complementary electronics and horns. Following the well-established post-rock tradition, most of the songs on the album start slow and gentle only to gradually rise to a cathartic peak made all that much more painfully blissful by the sustained use of repetitive themes. Setting this set apart from the hordes of other post-rock outings is the loose almost jammy atmosphere and the fact that the cold emphasis on precision found in many other purveyors of the genre is happily absent. What remains is the constant tension between the atmosphere of resigned despair and the deep breaths of hope that fill this album. Gorgeous.


There is a new album out: You, You're a History in Rust and although it fails to reach the highs and lows of goodbye enemy airship it's still rather exquisite. The newer record still has all the trappings of brilliance that made goodbye enemy airship so fantastic but it somehow doesn't break and reconstruct my soul in the same way. But maybe this is simply the result of nostalgia imposed by a dull old man. Check it out and post a comment to let me know what you think. The link to this album is provided thanks to Una Piel de Astracan

Although it is always my pleasure to share good music the hidden aim with this post is to convince certain people in certain circles to come with me to the Do Make Say Think show when they come to Vancouver on March 5. I'm looking at you Dave, Luke, Greg, Tyler, Duncan, Jad, Anna, Alexis and others, you know who you are.


Do Make Say Think - Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord is Dead
Do Make Say Think - You, You're a History in Rust