Year Of No Light: Nord

OK. Get this out of the way: Cult of Luna, Mouth of the Architect, Godflesh and Neurosis and Crock Pot of the Aging Aunt Elaine will all come in up in virtually everything you read about this band for the next year. Get over it. What's more interesting to note is how heavy this little French outfit is and how, at times, inventive it can be as well. The opening "Sélénite" features tender, almost melancholic guitar figures in its first minute, whilst "Traversée" comes off more like meditative post-rock (Explosions in the Sky, Spirit of the Stairs) than anything spawned by Ozzy and Blue Cheer. Elsewhere the garcons get up to some morcellement et grondement with "Les Mains De Le'Empereur" and "Par Économie Penant La Crise On Éteint La Lumiére Au Bout Du Tunnel." It's at those times, actually, that the collective loses some of its je ne sais pas ce qui and wears its aforementioned influences a little too prominently. Puits d'Oh.. There's still plenty to enjoy here and future releases should see this collective finding the rich textures of its own sound. Non?

Track Listing
1. Sélénite
2. L'Angoisse Du Vellieur De Nuit D' Autoroute Les Soirs D'Alarme Á Accident
3. Traversée
4. Librium
5. Les Mains De Le'Empereur
6. Tu As Fai De Moi Un Homme Meilleur
7. Somnabule
8. Prosodia
9. Par Économie Penant La Crise On Éteint La Lumiére Au Bout Du Tunnel
10. La Bouche De Vitus Bering

Added: May 15th 2007
Reviewer: Jedd Beaudoin
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