AIDS WOLF Ma vie Banale Avant-Garde

Year2020

FormatCD

StyleRock / Noise

AvailabilityIn stock

14.40 €Buy

Description

Montreal's AIDS Wolf and SKiN GRAFT Records are proud to announce the first ever CD releases of two of the band's most elusive LPs - originally issued by the legendary label Lovepump United (Genghis Tron, HEALTH, Child Abuse) - the 'Very Friendly' remix album and the 'Ma Vie Banale Avant-Garde' double LP.

AIDS WOLF 'Ma Vie Banale Avant-Garde' : Recorded at Dub Narcotic Studio in Olympia, WA and originally released in 2011 as a double LP, the corpus of songs found on AIDS Wolf's final album were written over the course of a year as the band shifted from its more formal work to a sound focused on polyrhythm and flowing, elastic tempos. On further listens, fields of dissonant guitar and demented, lurching tempos, give way to pixelated pop forms - albeit with a detuned loner dinosaur in its spotlight.

Here, the starting point of AIDS Wolf's compositional approach was to 'learn its mistakes', composing songs by studying improvised passages off blown out cassette tapes recorded on a trusty GE tape portable device. Aiming to dampen the repetition endemic in most music, the band added elements of chance and non-repetitive phrasing, evolving the songs organically for their final resting place. In this frame and to the very end, AIDS Wolf remained devoted to forwarding and refining their musical vision; seeking new challenges for themselves and their audience.

'AIDS Wolf's monastic commitment to brutal prog-punk and strident no wave has hardened their music from a rough lump of coal into a jagged diamond.' - PITCHFORK

Titles

01. Heaps of Sour Earth 01:45
02. No Females on Board 02:23
03. Despair Ritual 02:13
04. Cinq à sept 01:40
05. Wings of Inertia 02:31
06. Nothing But a Tape Recorder 03:53
07. Like PSHTS of Aerosol 02:31
08. Volunteer Decoys 04:17
09. Le cercle des ratés 02:18
10. I've had such an acrid taste in my throat 02:47
11. What's an aphid? 02:43
12. London's not like back home 02:22
13. Child of Wind, Creature of Dust 03:15
14. Why bother? 02:26
15. Pop a Candy Drop 04:13
16. Subconscious Snacks on Ha Ha 01:36
17. Self-defence Is Moral Dentistry 01:21
18. Breeding Grounds Are Burial Mounds 03:25
19. Chippers Takes a Sip 02:34
20. Please hold the line 03:25
21. The wise have no use for wisdom anymore 03:39
22. Born Dead 02:10
23. An Honest Miracle / Mistake 03:05
24. Snuffed Out Dreams 01:40