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4.0 out of 5 stars
Pounding, almost dancy drone rock, 12 Sep 2005
The 2002 debut for Et Sans was almost a comedy hit on the Godspeed You! Black Emperor kids... a single 70 minute drone track... lets just say a lot of people I spoke to were not impressed. But then why should Roger Tellier-Craig have to stick to his Fly Pan Am/GY!BE roots? I for one thought the album [if you can call it that] was quite good, but the backlash about it on some forums was totally inappropriate...So i guess this fantastic release is destined to be either ignored by the masses, or somehow taken in and loved by all. I would love the latter to be the response, but somehow i doubt it. This release is not the Et Sans of 2002. This is the new improved Et Sans! Now expanded to a full band featuring various members of the usual Montreal scene [fly pan am, godspeed, mt zion, molasses...] Yet as different as things may be now, the band still sounds the same as it did, but in a different way. The drone is still there, it still sounds improvised, and in places it is still noisy. But somehow, Et Sans have become 'punk rock'. The album is made up of four interlinked extended tracks... each one blurring into the next and with little noticeable difference at first. Starting off quietly, the album launches into an almost expected electrical static noise, but then above that there is an organ pounding out a continuous and almost cheesy jaunt! And all this whilst the drums pound away kineticly. Its exceptionally well played... somehow like a bastardised version of Fly Pan Am. When the vocals kick in the link to FPA becomes even more clear, totally unrecognisable sound based repetative vocals. Yet it works, and it is different to FPA, almost a step forward from them. The 70s Kraut Rock style is also very visable... its minimal but dense at the same time, with the industrial undertones lurking just below the dirty bass lines and white noise. This really is one of those albums you will either love or hate, it reminds me of so so many genres and bands, yet somehow is nowhere near any of them. And a special mention must be made about the packagaing which is [as usual for Alien8] fantasticly made and presented. Try it, you might like it...
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