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From Amazon.co.uk:
lt's hard to imagine this disc coming out of Montreal or, really, any urban habitat. The post-rock instrumentals on f#a#(infinity symbol), distantly related to the sounds made by the Australian band Dirty Three, serve as walking music for a loner hoping to hitch a ride in the middle of the Arizona desert and dealing with the inevitability of another night in coyote territory. Godspeed's swelling array of guitars, bagpipes, cellos, violins, trumpets, and drums is riveted together with an understated hope that is emotionally clutching, often devastating. This core of heavy Midwestern stoicism, saturated with waves of strings, hardcore interludes, and ripples of Morricone guitar, leaves listeners with the understanding that there is no escape from the badlands that surround and permeate us. --Michael Woodring

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0n first listen, Montreal collective Godspeed You Black Emperor sounds familiar, like sonic-landscape architects the Dirty Three. But pay closer attention to this debut full-length and you'll find something much more compelling: G.Y.B.E. mix found sounds, voices, lilting string sections, and musique concrète into structures that tell a story. With each listen, a new plot twist is unraveled, a new movie sample identified--you start to listen closely with headphones to pick up new subtleties you couldn't hear previously. Three tracks, a bit over an hour, of great music that defies categorization. --Jason Verlinde

Amazon.ca:
Septième album solo de Michel Rivard, Le Goût de l'eau… et Autres Chansons naïves, paru en 1992, séduit rapidement avec ses ritournelles enjôleuses. L'enfant chéri de la chanson québécoise délaisse les synthétiseurs d'Un trou dans les nuages pour revenir à ses premières amours : les guitares acoustiques. Dans les mains agiles de Rick Hayworth, complice de toujours, elles côtoient l'autoharpe, la mandoline et la guitare hawaïenne.

Le résultat n'est pas pour autant exotique : on a affaire à 11 chansons bien ficelées, à des musiques à la fois simples et denses qui savent soutenir les textes intelligents de Rivard. Le ton se fait grave dans 'L'0ubli', brillant et émouvant hommage au cinéaste québécois Claude Jutra : 'll notait tout dans un carnet/Le nom des gens l'odeur des choses/Et quand le vent virait morose/Pour se souvenir il relisait/Mais il voyait entre les lignes grandir le trou blanc de l'oubli'.

Qu'il parle de l'enfance ('La Lune d'automne', 'Tu peux dormir', 'Bille de verre') ou des réflexions d'un chien sur la plage ('Sourire de chien'), Michel Rivard nous sert un album rempli de charme et d'humour qui fait la part belle à la nostalgie. À écouter la fenêtre ouverte, la tête dans les souvenirs d'enfance. --Yannick Duguay









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Note: - Godspeed You Black Emperor is AMAZING!!
The nine-member group of Montreal musicians collectively known as godspeed you black emperor! have produced what could be the year's finest effort on Kranky. The CD has just about everything possible to offer the listener(with the exception of ska and swing, thank god...)within the framework of its 63 minutes. Comparisons? Morricone-esque spaghetti western soundtracks, or the recent Labradford LP spring to mind immediately. But there's SO much more on the plate to be tasted. And that's a good thing. The beauty of this beautiful music is its ability to remain in the room/house at all times. You can be happy or sad, the weather outside can be sunny or cloudy, the volume of the disc can be loud or quiet, etc. Whatever the circumstances externally/internally of the listener is of minor importance here. The point is, it all WORKS. But go ahead, turn it up real loud. You'll be glad you did. After repeated listens, I always feel exhausted but invigorated. It's a terrific feeling. Kinda like sex... Instrumentation will not be included here, as it's been done in other reviews. Simply put, this is big. All hail gybe!.