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██▓▀ Album......[ La Fin Du Monde ▀▓██
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▓▓█▓▀ ██ Language...[ English ██ ▀▓█▓▓
▀ ▄████ Rip Date...[ 2006-06-09 ████▄ ▀
▄ ▀ ▓█▓ Store Date.[ 2006-06-20 ▓█▓ ▀ ▄
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█▓ 01 The Fifty Minute Hour 3:32 ▓█
█▓ 02 Elementary Particles 3:37 ▓█
█▓ 03 Smiley Smiley 1:39 ▓█
█▓ 04 Strait Is The Gate 3:25 ▓█
█▓ 05 Hearts & Harps 2:45 ▓█
█▓ 06 Warning Against Judging A Christian 4:03 ▓█
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█▓ 07 If Only Your Heart Was A Major Sixth 3:49 ▓█
█▓ 08 Man Who Almost Was 4:16 ▓█
█▓ 09 Lover Becomes Lovers 5:15 ▓█
█▓ 10 Journey To The End Of The Night 2:57 ▓█
█▓ 11 La Fin Du Monde 4:45 ▓█
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█░█ players, no difference. █░█
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█░█ -------- █░█
█░█ This Canadian 10-piece band creates incredibly █░█
█░█ smart and beautiful, mostly instrumental, songs █░█
█░█ based around a multiple of duelling vibraphones, █░█
█░█ double drums, organ, piano, strings, █░█
█░█ glockenspiel, flugelhorn, brass, pedal steel and █░█
█░█ more. Featuring members of Broken Social Scene, █░█
█░█ Weakerthans, Final Fantasy, Hayden, Heavy █░█
█░█ Blinkers, Old Soul, Tricky Woo, Deadly Snakes, █░█
█░█ Fembots, Cuff the Duke, Andre Ethier, Hopeful █░█
█░█ Monster, and more. █░█
█░█ █░█
█░█ Imagine Tortoise crossed with whacked out Smile █░█
█░█ era Brian Wilson and you are closing in. Add the █░█
█░█ sophistication and lush sheer beauty of Paddy █░█
█░█ McAloon (Prefab Sprout) and we are ready to █░█
█░█ submit and confess loudly to "La Fin Du Monde". █░█
█░█ █░█
█░█ The instrumental music of The Hylozoists lends █░█
█░█ itself well to lofty analogies. One listener █░█
█░█ might liken it to a soundtrack in search of an █░█
█░█ arthouse film. Another might find it ideal █░█
█░█ accompaniment for a macabre carnival carousel. █░█
█░█ Such comparisons could even coalesce. For █░█
█░█ example: If Fellini and Leone had started a █░█
█░█ circus, their organ grinders would've churned out █░█
█░█ music akin to that found on "La Fin Du Monde" - █░█
█░█ The Hylozoists' sophomore album. █░█
█░█ █░█
█░█ While such flights of descriptive fancy certainly █░█
█░█ allude to the majestic scope of The Hylozoists' █░█
█░█ songcraft, they speak little of its immediacy. █░█
█░█ Appreciation of "La Fin Du Monde" is scarcely █░█
█░█ limited to the erudite or elite. Rather, this is █░█
█░█ music that grips the listener by the heartstrings █░█
█░█ and affects them on a deeply visceral level. █░█
█░█ █░█
█░█ The Hylozoists were conceived by producer and █░█
█░█ multi-instrumentalist Paul Aucoin in 2001 when he █░█
█░█ wrote and recorded debut album "La Nouvelle █░█
█░█ Gauche" at his studio in Nova Scotia. A █░█
█░█ Halifax-heavy line-up of backing musicians was █░█
█░█ then assembled to perform the songs at a variety █░█
█░█ of festivals and other dates. However, the █░█
█░█ project was soon relegated to the backburner as █░█
█░█ Aucoin turned his focus to responsibilities both █░█
█░█ in the studio and on stage with The Sadies. █░█
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█░█ Relocating to Toronto in 2004, Aucoin drafted a █░█
█░█ new compliment of Hylozoists from bands such as █░█
█░█ The Weakerthans, FemBots and Cuff the Duke. █░█
█░█ Having already commenced production on a █░█
█░█ sophomore effort, he ultimately abandoned the █░█
█░█ work-in-progress. For Aucoin, it was essential █░█
█░█ that he start fresh and capture the collective █░█
█░█ sound of his new legion of collaborators. At that █░█
█░█ point, The Hylozoists shed the shackles of "solo █░█
█░█ project" and blossomed into a full-blown █░█
█░█ supergroup. █░█
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█░█ Drawing equally from Aucoin's formal music █░█
█░█ education and field hours logged on smoky stages, █░█
█░█ La Fin Du Monde delivers songs that are █░█
█░█ orchestral in composition and pop in █░█
█░█ actualization. Tilt-a-whirl opener "The Fifty █░█
█░█ Minute Hour" leaves the listener deliriously █░█
█░█ off-balance. Horns, strings and organs swirl █░█
█░█ dizzyingly while vibraphones serenely anchor the █░█
█░█ melody. "If Only Your Heart was a Major Sixth" █░█
█░█ evidences post-rock at its propulsive best. █░█
█░█ Meanwhile, spaghetti western dramatics rise to █░█
█░█ the fore on "Elementary Particles" and "Man Who █░█
█░█ Almost Was." The spacey "Journey to the End of █░█
█░█ the Night" conjures dreamy Parisian grandeur. █░█
█░█ Finally, the closing title track commences with █░█
█░█ lullaby eloquence before ceding its demure music █░█
█░█ box melody to torrents of distortion and wailing █░█
█░█ vocals. █░█
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█░█ To realize his expansive musical vision, █░█
█░█ mastermind Aucoin (vibraphone, glockenspiel, █░█
█░█ drums) calls upon a rotating cast of exemplary █░█
█░█ players that includes Patrick Conan (ex-Tricky █░█
█░█ Woo: vibraphone, glockenspiel, drums), Jason Ball █░█
█░█ (Hopeful Monster: organist, vocals), Jason Tait █░█
█░█ (The Weakerthans, FemBots: vibraphone, █░█
█░█ glockenspiel), Paul Lowman (Cuff the Duke: bass), █░█
█░█ Wayne Petti (Cuff the Duke: piano, vocals), █░█
█░█ Jeremy Strachan (Sea Snakes: guitar), Matthew █░█
█░█ Faris (Cuff the Duke: drums), Julie Penner █░█
█░█ (Broken Social Scene/FemBots: violin), Dale █░█
█░█ Murray (Cuff the Duke: pedal steel, guitar) and █░█
█░█ Monica Guenter (Christine Fellows: viola). █░█
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█░█ Traditionally, hylozoism is the belief that all █░█
█░█ matter holds life. Evidently, these Hylozoists █░█
█░█ believe every available minute bears opportunity. █░█
█░█ Having already racked up SoSouth by Southwest, █░█
█░█ Canadian Music Week and a cross-Canada tour in █░█
█░█ 2006, a deluge of new dates will accompany the █░█
█░█ release of La Fin Du Monde on Boompa Records. In █░█
█░█ turn, a new slew of haughty comparisons is sure to █░█
█░█ follow. Don't let decadent descriptors dissuade █░█
█░█ you from experiencing The Hylozoists for yourself. █░█
█░█ It's only rock 'n' roll and you'll like it. █░█
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