Artist.......: feu therese
Album........: feu therese
Label........: Constellation
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: CST-040
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Mar-30-2006
str.date.....: Apr-17-2006
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.cstrecords.com
track title time
01. ferrari en feu 06:06
02. mademoiselle gentleman 06:42
03. tu n avais qu une oreille 09:01
04. l homme avec coeur avec elle 06:35
05. ce n'est pas les jardins du luxembourg 12:03
Runtime 40:27 min
Size 59,4 MB
Release Notes:
With Fly Pan Am on indefinite hiatus, fans of that
band will find much to like with Feu Therese.
Channelling the explosive noise-rock collage of
their brilliant live performances, this debut album
pits a determined, careening rhythm section against
a palette of pumping organ chords, shards of
electric guitar, vocals often processed beyond
recognition, and myriad swoops and squawks. Packed
with ideas and sounds, these songs strike a perfect
balance of structure and improvisation, making for
some very strange - and very catchy - avant rock.
The band took shape in Montreal in 2004, headed up
by guitarist Jonathan Parant (Fly Pan Am) and
bassist/sound artist Alexandre St-Onge (Klaxon
Gueule, Shalabi Effect, Et Sans, solo). The group
also includes sound artist Stephen De Oliveira and
visual-artist-turned-drummer Luc Paradis. From the
opening electronic squall of "Ferrari en feu" (the
album is dedicated to Luc Ferrari) through the
controlled psycho-babbling chaos of "Mademoiselle
gentleman" to the unsettling, murmuring calm of "Tu
n'avais qu'une oreille" (with De Oliveira on
lascivious lead vocal), side A demonstrates the
range of the band's influences and syntheses. Side
B pushes into more bizarre and playful territory on
"L'homme avec coeur avec elle", which mashes up a
sultry saxophone solo and vocal chirps, while the
band weaves a simple 2-chord twang underneath.
Album closer "Ce n'est pas les jardins du
Luxembourg" is a longer instrumental composition
built around organ drones and processed field
recordings, with rhythmic pulses and melodic
accents ebbing and flowing, caught somewhere
between Dark Side Of The Moon, Sun Ra, kabuki music
and the zoo. Good times all around.