Montreal experimental rock trio Yoo Doo Right is becoming more talked about in Quebec, but also in the United States and Europe. Named one of the 10 heaviest groups in Montreal by Cult MTL magazine in 2020, the group launched its second album on Friday, A Murmur, No Boundary to the East.
Yoo Doo Right’s story is as young as its meteoric rise. The band formed a few hours before releasing their debut album Don’t Think You Can Escape Your Purpose in 2021. It consists of Montreal bassist Charles Masson, Edmonton drummer John Talbot and Torontonian Justin Cober, who plays guitar, synth and sings to some of the band’s non-instrumental tracks.
The group borrowed its name from the title of a song by the German experimental group Can that lasted more than 20 minutes. The pioneers of krautrock greatly influenced the trio, especially in their creative process based on improvisation and letting go.
If the trio members are rooted in post-hardcore, screamo and death metal, the music they make within Yoo Doo Right is closer to krautrock and post-rock, although the group wants to get away from it a bit. excessive use of this term.
We don’t like the term “post-rock”, we try to remove it. It’s undeniably part of our influences, but we’re embellishing it in a way it’s not post-rockexplanation by Charles Masson, via videoconference, on the eve of the album’s release.
The spiritual children of Godspeed You! Black Emperor
The comparison is inevitable between Yoo Doo Right and another Montreal experimental rock band, Godspeed You! Black Emperor. The trio does not deny this important legacy.
That’s for sure [la comparaison] nakakambola talaga. These are the records that stopped working after a year because we listened to them too much which ended up scratching. It shook the whole time when we discovered the musicconfession of Charles Masson.
The group has other influences, but its sonic bill is largely defined by the abundant use of effects and the desire to create a wall of sound that violates limits.
Yes, we listen to music in the van, but after that, we think more about the limits of what our amps are allowed to do. Justin makes effect pedals, all my pedals and most of his are his work. We’re really playing on the side of what three guys can do with a little tweak and big amps.
Sensitive ears, steer clear
Yoo Doo Right is also recognized for its services live epics that are best listened to with protective earplugs. Just returned from a three -week tour of Europe, the group also faced strict rules in terms of sound level in countries such as Switzerland, France and Belgium.
In France and Belgium, the noise level is about public health and it is highly controlledexplanation by Charles Masson.
There are decibel sensors that are connected to the central units and record all the data. And if you exceed, in certain areas, you will automatically incur a fine. [Les limites] is at 105-106 decibels and for us we often exceed 118 or 120 decibels, when we play normally.
That’s why the group brought in its suitcases a warning sign and a ton of corks that it offers for free to music lovers in the room. Charles, Justin and John are also monitored by an audiologist who makes them custom plugs that they try to wear as often as possible, to maintain their eardrums.
A 2nd album recorded with veteran Radwan Ghazi Moumneh
A Murmur, No Boundary to the East, released on the Mothland label, was recorded at Hotel2Tango’s studio on Van Horne Street in Montreal. Yoo Doo Right benefited from the help of the director and musician, and co-founder of the studio, Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, who played in several experimental groups such as the duo Jerusalem in My Heart.
He has a great influence on us. He’s a really eclectic guy and has the ability to add a subtle touch to the music of three guys who don’t always know what they’re doing. We also didn’t fall into big production, but we took the time to try the business and thank him.
The album includes five resonant and expansive songs whose trance-like feel is amplified tenfold through repetition and psychedelic effects. To describe their music, the group described in a press release a similar sound a car accident in slow motion.
The title The Failure of a Tough, Tired Friend, highlight of the album, was accompanied by an animated music video signed by Montreal visual artist Jared Karnas, which was photographed during this period between night and dawn drawn by the song, when walking home after a busy night .
Another highlight of the album, the monumental closing piece Feet Together, Facing, on the Front Lawn, which exceeded the 16 -minute mark. The title is also accompanied by a music video, an experimental short film by director Mackenzie Reid Rostad, originally from British Columbia, entirely shot using a thermal camera.
Yoo Doo Right will launch their album on Friday, June 17, at Entrepôt 77, in Montreal.
Source: Radio-Canada
