Distortion, speed, chaos! Art-punk from Montreal.
PYPY
is something of garage punk supergroup, made up of members of
Montreal's CPC Gangbangs, Red Mass, and Duchess Says. With a sound
that's a mix of the Slits and Cale-era Velvets drone, injected with
the amphetamine rush of garage rock. The overall effect is like Link
Wray's been to art college.
Opening with the album's title track, a slashed speaker, graffiti splattered wall of noise complete with freakout guitars, fuzzed-up bass, and football terrace, glam-stomp beats. The mantra being - If three chords is good, then two chords is better, and it's a tactic that suits the band well. Like the title suggests, it's time to put away any beliefs, get primitive and back to basics and well, see what happens!
Molly
is the closest the album gets to pop, with traditional
verse/chorus/verse structure and girl/boy vocals. Any notion of safe
territory thankfully scuppered by a Tom Verlaine-esque guitar solo.
Daffodils has echoes of art-infused post-punk. Think PIL or Siouxsie,
it's punk but with an eye on the disco floor. Hypnotic and slightly
sinister.
Too
Much Cocaine is a nightmare journey about having taken too much
cocaine (who woulda thought?!?) Its a manic diary of paranoia over a
jerky dance-spasm rhythm. Lesson indeed to just say no, eh kids!
She's Gone takes the glitter beat and gives it a space-punk
makeover, with wah-wah guitar breaks reminiscent of Loop or Spacemen
3.
Ya
Ya Ya is a short, sharp blistering ode to dumb-assery, which gives
way the album's closing instrumental track Psychedelic Overlords
which edges towards stoner rock territory. It's these two final
tracks that perhaps best sum up the dual nature of PYPY; a garage
rock band that's not afraid to venture out of the genre's narrow
confines, towards something more adventurous and experimental. Good
on 'em I say! If you're looking for something to take you out of your
comfort zone this could be just the thing.
Click here for PYPY online.
Pagan Day is out now on Black
Gladiator/Slovenly Records.
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