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Do Make Say Think Do Make Say Think Released in 1998 7.1/10 Styles Instrumental Rock Space Rock Post Rock Song Highlights 1978 Highway 420 Disco and Haze |
At first listen, you could be forgiven for thinking that Toronto group Do Make Say Think are a side project of exp-rock critical favourites Godspeed you Black Emperor! They inhabit the same label and even favour the same guitar driven space rock. The key difference between these two groups is the fact that DMST utilize a simpler type of sound. Violins and similar orchestral instruments are barely evident, and the majority of the music is driven by laid back guitars, reminisent of Tortoise's early work. This gives DMST a lazy, lounge-music kind of sound. There are louder bits, such as the distorted, guitar-rock explosion that jumps out two thirds of the way through the sixth track "Disco & Haze", one of the album's standouts. Looking at that track title, along with others such as "Doctor Hooch", "Highway 420" and "The Fare to Get There", the theme of the album becomes pretty clear. This is a stoner album, but without any cheesy lyrics (the album is almost entirely instrumental), nor the usual dependance on overusing the conventions of psychadelia. It's nothing more than relaxing, slightly weird guitar rock, and it's really quite good. |