Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord Is Dead

Do Make Say Think | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 27, 2000)
• Original Release Date: March 28, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Constellation
• ASIN: B00004RGC9
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #185,787 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful piece of music, February 15, 2001

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Nathan Humpal (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord Is Dead (Audio CD)

Do Make Say Think's debut eponymous album absolutely blew me away the first time I heard it. It was subtle yet immediately engaging, a contradiction illustrated by the fact that it opened with about a minute and a half of silence before a light jazz beat comes in slowly introducing you to the laid back ambient feel of the album. The debut spread relaxing prog-rock over 72 minutes of jazz fusion and as a result provided a great soundtrack for lonely times of happy... introspection. Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord is Dead, however, takes the formula set forth on the debut and crams it all into a single tightly wound LP, adds a somewhat subdued feeling of brooding and still manages to exude some of that feeling of "sit-back-and-relax", albeit before beating you over the head. The horns are noisier on this record, the distortion is up, and the swirly sound effects are more in the forefront. The opening track, "When Day Chokes Night" slowly starts with a simply plucked melody before suddenly bursting into a hyper-fast drum kick and quickly building to an asphyxiating and stunning climax before dropping back to the same simple melody. It's an interesting combination of their older style with a heavy influence of Slint, while still retaining a wonderful feel of innovation.

My favorite moment comes when "All of This is True" builds to an overwhelming and seemingly infinite climax of noise, guitar, drums, horns, street sounds (notice the guy yelling "Merry Christmas Everyone!" near the end... odd), and atmosphere before suddenly and seamlessly dropping you into "Bruce E Kinesis". A highly recommended disc for anyone interested in compelling and experimental rock.

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A postrock classic that has brought countless hours of bliss, April 14, 2003

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a1 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord Is Dead (Audio CD)

Do Make Say Think are a Constellation Records post-rock outfit along with Godspeed You Black Emperor! While they share GYBE!'s formula of slow crescendo to cathartic release, they have their own original sound. Elements of jazz puts their sound closer to Chicago post rockers. Most tracks hinge on a simple dark theme that is built up to explosive conclusion. The magnificent last track is a 12 minute shoegazer epic, truly worth the cost of this disc for that track alone. The musicianship is great, and no less than a sax, trumpet, flute, electric guitar, sexy fretless bass, and live drums can be heard on this disc. Recorded in a barn, which works well for this moody, cinematic album...with good speakers the quiet chirp of crickets can be heard in the background, and you can almost feel the cool winter air. All I can say is this is my unchallenged fav of 2000.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Setting the new standard for Kanadian music., July 30, 2000

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Nick Storring (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord Is Dead (Audio CD)

Together with Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Shalabi Effect, A Silver Mount Zion, Molasses and the other Montréal groups, Toronto's Do Make Say Think have completely restored my confidence in Canadian Music. I'm sick of Alanis, The Tragically Hip and the other artists which define Canadian music. However the unique "post-rock" sound represented by the Constellation label has inspired me to be somewhat musically patriotic, finally.

I'd recommend Do Make Say Think to any fan of that whole scene. Tortoise, GYBE, Low, or Aphex Twin's ambient series. This project is likely most similar to Godspeed, but there's far more of a prog-rock and jazz-fusion element to it. Another obvious difference Do Make Say Think make use of retro synths, sax and flute instead of GYBE's cello, violin and tapes combo. Do Make Say Think's debut is equally amazing, but more ambient.