Do Make Say Think
You, You're A History In Rust LP/CD
CST45 Constellation Records
- Bound To Be That Way
- A Way With Living
- The Universe! Download this mp3 from here
- A Tender History In Rust
- Herstory Of Glory
- You, You're Awesome
- Executioner Blues
- In Mind
In many ways the new album picks up where Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn left off - acoustic fingerpicked guitars are the recurring compositional anchor, with drums and percussion fluttering around these campfire themes while horns and electric guitars gather in swarms. The songs on You, You're A History In Rust develop like moths drawn to a flame, instruments tracing erratic circles around a flickering, elusive centre. This organic non-linearity will be familiar to fans of the band, as DMST has been honing this kind of overlapping, multi-thematic ebb and flow over the last couple of records. And as these fans know, DMST's approach to musical deconstruction is never academic, forced, or played merely for effect; it is always a matter of weaving the captured elements together with the mixing desk played like a master instrument.
Album opener "Bound To Be That Way" puts all these elements on fine display: recorded rhythmic and melodic figures fade in and out along with found and recovered sounds, lead instruments slide and shift in the mix, and the band's dual drummers deploy separate channels of syncopated stutter. "A Way With Living" will surprise hardcore DMST followers, as it features full-on verse-chorus-verse singing that builds towards lovely massed vocals before breaking down again into a beautiful modal horn denouement. "The Universe!" and "Herstory Of Glory" serve as tight, snappy firecrackers set off within the rest of the album's pensive, dusky atmosphere.
Constellation is thrilled to release this fifth album by one of our most creative, thoughtful, challenging and accessible artists. The CD is available in a 6-panel cardstock jacket and the LP pressing is on 180g Virgin vinyl.
