Fuck Off Get Free - Need they or I say more. This is my kind of post-punk release. I don't even feel inspired to write anything cool about it at all. But just some flavor - 10+ minute expansive tracks that don't seem to care if you like them from a bunch of the Godspeed You! Black Emperor Canadian lot. Frankly, its way less serial than a Godspeed album so I am shallow enough to like this better. Jack White would dream of writing something this cool frankly - not that I don't dig Jack White's cool vibe.
The songs here are expansive, brash, and they don't care if you like them. And so, by the title you might imagine this music is clearly not for everyone. But I liked it right away. A bit of folk, a lot of rock guitar, psychedelic but not on the annoying clawing edge, not bound by structure. Messy rock. They call this music post-rock. Whatever, it's rock that's just been twisted a few times around and free of heavy forms. More like jazz. The sound is subversive in an era where even hard rock is conformist and scream-o, death metal and the lot are boring. F'n cool and rare in that way.
At one time in my life, I didn't like Canadians. How times have changed. Canadian bands define the edge these days. Who would have thunk it? Maybe it's global warming that's caused Montreal to become Seattle.
Here's a link to the killer track Austerity Blues: Damn It You Don't Have to Like This Shit But I Do
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