Other Truths finds the Toronto post-rock quintet in excellent shape, still hitting the sweet spot where skilled musicianship and rugose sonic textures meet.It would be an exercise in beating around the bush to speak of Toronto’s Do Make Say Think without also talking about post-rock, whose short history has become thornier than its coiner could have imagined. What began as a style using guitars.
Throughouttheir recording history Do Make Say Think have maintained a bewitchingmusical naïveté. At times you can hear them struggling to keep italive, at others it gushes out unimpeded. Other Truthsstarts with the latter, bursting out of the door with ‘Do’ (yeah, youknow what’s coming, three tracks to follow…), but touches on the former throughout.
Via Julie Penner: Do Make Say Think have a new album (Other Truths) coming and a new tour coming. If you don't already know the band, you should know that Do Make Say Think is not music, it's an event - live or recorded. Kinda like this:Do Make Say Think - "Reitschule"I haven't gotten to hear any of it yet but Chris Bilton at Eye Weekly has. Besides giving it 4 out of 5 he says"Post-rock you ca...
Do Make Say Think love verbs. Without verbs, they wouldn't have a name. Instead of being Do Make Say Think, they'd be something like The Palettes. Or, since they're a post-rock band, they'd probably be Eons Within The Night or Manatee or something along those lines. Jeez, now I love verbs more than I ever knew. As it turns out, without verbs, Do Make Say Think's new record, Other Truths, wouldn...
Other Truths finds the Toronto post-rock quintet in excellent shape, still hitting the sweet spot where skilled musicianship and rugose sonic textures meet.It would be an exercise in beating around the bush to speak of Toronto’s Do Make Say Think without also talking about post-rock, whose short history has become thornier than its coiner could have imagined. What began as a style using guitars.
Do Make Say ThinkOther Truths(Constellation)Releasing: 20 OctoberThe Toronto group's sixth album may look like an EP from the song list below, but this is most decidedly a full-length. These...