I'm back! Had this post locked and ready to post while I was away, but vacation life took over and I temporarily forgot about the internet. Excellent sophomore album by these Canadian RIO purveyors. Disjointed, queasy, but propulsive instrumentals played on unsettlingly synthetic keyboards and decidedly un-synthetic saxophones and percussion. I'm including the bonus tracks because the first vinyl press of this record is the only version that doesn't include them so to me they feel like part of the proper album.
Track listing:
1. Regards / Regards
2. Spirale / Spiral
3. March Funèbre / Funeral March
4. Valence / Valence
5. Piège / Trap
6. Suspicion / Suspicion
7. Insomnie Prèmonitoire / Premonitory Insomnia
8. Réseau / Network
9. En Attendant Rémi / Waiting for Remi
10. Pleine Lune / Full Moon
11. Suspicion / Suspicion
12. Oriflamme / Oriflamme
13. Convoi Nocturne / Nocturnal Procession
14. Moyen Âge / Middle Ages
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Thanks! Welcome back!
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So RIO pretty much means 'extreme-avant-prog-that-isn't-punk-disco-reggae-or-pop'? Always wondered what it meant. Had actually assumed that the 'opposition' was more to do with politics than music.
ReplyDelete(By the way, you wouldn't have their debut album by any chance? Or anything else by them if it comes to that. This is seriously good! Thanks!)
Glad you like it. I used to think that, too. Here's their first record, which is also really fucking good:
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That's brilliant, much appreciated.
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