N'¿¿coutez Pas

by Fly Pan Am

Overview

Yet another side project from a key member of Godspeed You Black Emperor! (guitarist Roger Tellier-Craig is the leader of this loosely constructed group), Fly Pan Am's first two albums sounded basically like demos and instrumental outtakes; they were often interesting, but usually terribly slight. N'Ecoutez Pas, despite its self-deprecating Francophone title, is Fly Pan Am's first fully formed release, and it stands with the best work of Tellier-Craig's other band. Though at times the album's blend of found-sound tape manipulations, deadpan French vocals, wayward guitar freakouts, and droning, deliberately repetitive rhythms sounds like a collision between very early Stereolab and Sonic Youth at their most self-consciously avant, the album's two centerpiece tracks, "Autant Zig-Zag" and "Tres Tres 'Retro'," are masterpieces of tightly wound rhythms and seemingly impossible layers of processed, distorted, and lovingly screwed-with guitars. If My Bloody Valentine had gotten it together enough to record a follow-up to Loveless, it would have sounded like this. ~ Stewart Mason

Product Details

Release Date:	09/07/2004
Label:	Constellation
UPC:	0666561003128
Rank:	235838

Tracks

1. Br¿¿lez Suivant, Suivante!
2. Ex¿¿leveur de Renards Argentes
3. Autant Zig-Zag
4. Buvez Nos Larmes de Metal
5. Pas ¿¿ Pas Step Until
6. ...
7. Tr¿¿s Tr¿¿s "Retro"
8. Vos R¿¿ves Revers
9. Ce Sale D¿¿sir ¿¿fil¿¿ Qui Sortante de Ma Bouche
10. Le Faux Pas Aimer Vous Souhaite d'¿¿tre Follement Ami

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Fly Pan Am   Primary Artist