Do Make Say Think


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Do Make Say Think (1998), 6.5/10
Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord Is Dead (2000), 6.5/10
& Yet & Yet (2002), 5/10
Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn (2006), 6.5/10
You, You're A History In Rust (2007), 5/10
Other Truths (2009) , 5/10
Stubborn Persistent Illusions (2017), 4.5/10
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Toronto's instrumental post-rock combo Do Make Say Think (with Justin Small on guitar, Charles Spearin of Broken Social Scene on bass and Jason MacKenzie on keyboards) imbued Do Make Say Think (Constellation, 1998) and Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord Is Dead (2000) with irregular flows of electronic, electric and acoustic sounds, yielding a fragile hybrid of free jazz, psychedelic dub, Canterbury-style spleen and progressive-rock, and occasionally sounding like a subdued, weak version of Godspeed You Black Emperor.

Spearin, drummer David Mitchell, and guitarist Ohad Benchetrit had already recorded Microgroove (1997).

& Yet & Yet (2002), the first album without MacKenzie, sounded at the same time brainy and soothing, but indulged in the method without caring enough for the message, and therefore resulted largely devoid of content.

The sprawling Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn (Constellation, 2006), structured as a set of three-movement suites (Auberge Le Mouton Noir, Ontario Plates, Horns Of A Rabbit), achieved a quiet grandeur of aural depth.

The much simpler You, You're A History In Rust (Constellation, 2007), featuring even two songs, sounded like a transitional work, standing between their progressive instrumental past and a future of song-oriented concepts. The real protagonists of the music were, perhaps, the production details that turn each song into a sonic puzzle.

Justin Small and bass player Katia Taylor (his wife) formed Lullabye Arkestra and released the relatively punkish Ampgrave (Constellation, 2007) and the even more aggressive and jarring Threats/Worship (2009).

Do Make Say Think's Other Truths (2009) contains four lengthy pieces that continue the quest for a balance between entertainment and brainy rumination. The program is similar to Ennio Morricone's. The result leans more towards the brainy side of the equation, mainly for lack of imagination.

Meanwhile, Benchetrit's solo project Years debuted with Years (2009).

Stubborn Persistent Illusions (2017), their first album in eight years, was even more disappointing.

(Translation by/ Tradotto da Alessandro Rusignuolo)

Originari di Toronto, i Do Make Say Think (Justin Small alla chitarra e Jason MacKenzie alle tastiere) sono un combo strumentale post-rock. Do Make Say Think (Constellation, 1998) e Goodbye Enemy Airship The Landlord Is Dead (2000) sono album permeati di flussi irregolari di elettronica, suoni elettrici ed acustici, che producono di fatto un fragile ibrido di free jazz, dub psichedelico, malinconico stile di Canterbury e rock progressive che, occasionalmente, risulta come una versione debole e sommessa dei Godspeed You Black Emperor.

& Yet & Yet (2002), il primo album senza MacKenzie, suona allo stesso tempo intelligente e scaltro, ma risulta talmente metodico da non preoccuparsi abbastanza del messaggio, risultando quindi in gran parte privo di contenuti.

Il disordinato Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn (Constellation, 2006), strutturato come una suite in tre movimenti (Auberge Le Mouton Noir, Ontario Plates, Horns Of A Rabbit), raggiunge una mediocre levatura per quanto riguarda l'intensità sonora.

Il più semplice You, You're A History In Rust (Constellation, 2007), con ben due canzoni, suona come un lavoro di transizione, in piedi tra il loro passato progressive strumentale e un futuro orientato concettualmente alle canzoni. I veri protagonisti della musica sono, forse, i dettagli della produzione che trasformano ogni canzone in un puzzle sonoro.

Justin Small e la moglie Katia Taylor, bassista, danno vita a Lullabye Arkestra pubblicando l'album dagli echi punk Ampgrave (Constellation, 2007) e l'ancora più aggressivo e stridente Threats/Worship (2009).

Other Truths (2009), dei DMST, contiene quattro lunghi pezzi che continuano la ricerca di un equilibrio tra divertimento e colta riflessione. Il piano è simile a quello di Ennio Morricone. Il risultato si appoggia più verso il lato ingegnoso dell'equazione, soprattutto per mancanza di immaginazione.

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