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«Once a 'conventional' post-rock band, We shall say only the leaves are now more interested in electronic textures. They still have a live drummer and bits of live guitar, bass and tape-loops and Chicago post-rock influences, but they are much more than that now. 'Exploding Whales', their first release (after an mp3 demo on their website), is a collection of songs recorded this year, their second year of existence. You can hear Tortoise in the rich drum textures and some of the melodies, but there is so much more than that. 'Creation' starts with laid-back free drumming that turns into a beat, complete with dubby bass and what sounds like a one-note guitar sample, while 'Tight Circumference' starts with bits of static noise and guitar and soon turns into an almost-tribal beats extravaganza. The most post-rockish of all five tracks, 'Pomme de Terre' features a lazy, gentle guitar and an almost metallic (in the true sense of the word) beat. And then the record ends with what sounds like a tape disintegrating. This is their first real adventure yet, and although it shows a lot a promise for the future, you can enjoy it right now anyway.» - Rodrigo Nogueira |
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Reviews:
«Depois de uma maqueta bem recebida e de uma presença ao vivo igualmente saudada, os We shall say only the leaves estão de volta, agora com a chancela da Test Tube. De texturas electrónicas, perdidas entre pigmentos de uma bateria cadente e de uma electricidade de cordas que a espaços nos cumprimenta, "Exploding Whales" dos We shall say only the leaves recria paisagens de um post-rock marcado pela electrónica, por um experimentalismo acentuado baseado num forjamento sonoro constante. Boa surpresa!»
- A Trompa / October 19, 2005
«We Shall Say Only The Leaves - Exploding Whales ('|024). Test Tube, le netlabel de Con 7, avait promis trois sorties en septembre. C'est chose faite avec We Shall say... groupe post-rock tout droit venu du Portugal. Le premier extrait Creation déroule une ambiance relativement dub, avec une basse sympathique, une rythmique on va dire convenue et des crachouillis d'ondes électroniques. Navier, deuxième morceau, a ce petit truc plus attachant, une ligne de basse toute simple mais entêtante. Ce n'est pas révolutionnaire en soi, mais ça fait son effet quand même. On pense à Tortoise par moments, puis à Slowdive sans la voix (Tight Circumference).
C'est peut-être les percussions qui paraissent le moins intéressant dans ces productions. A certains moments, elles apparaissent comme des ornements plus que des instruments, enlevant une part de magie qui semblait s'installer. Pomme de Terre termine cette sortie. De bien belle manière. Légèrement plus mélodique (la guitare est centrale), cette dernière escapade boucle un projet plutôt agréable.»
- LaFresto / October 04, 2005
«Beautiful post/kraut-rock stuff, which reminds of Radian sometime. One of the best things coming out of portuguese outrock, along with Frango, CAVEIRA, Loosers and Fish & Sheep, even though all these bands are very different from each other.»
- Pedro Rios [EARLabs] / October 02, 2005
«Creation. Das portas do silêncio para cá, passa um crescente drone electrónico, pontuado por uma bateria acústica e farrapos de texturas electrónicas. Criam-se as fundações de um mundo orgânico e palpável, que evolui para um groove trespassado por uma guitarra mutante. We shall say only the leaves, verso do poema 'Ode to the Confederate Dead', de Allen Tate. 'Exploding Whales' são cinco peças distintas que misturam vestígios ocasionais do post-rock e da electrónica, que ora alternam ora se confundem numa paisagem de harmonias meticulosamente trabalhadas. Melodias com sentido dinâmico e apetência para lidar criativamente com a repetição de padrões, loops e fragmentos, dão mostras de uma eficiente e discreta manipulação sonora, em particular quanto à tessitura da guitarra e do ruido electrónico. 'Pomme de Terre' é talvez o melhor exemplo desta estreita ligação. Ocasionalmente opressiva e saturada ('Tight Circumference'), outras vezes fina e despojada ('Cheese Slices'), a música do projecto 'Exploding Whales', de We shall say only the leaves, colectivo com epicentro em Lisboa, fornece pistas interessantes para futuros desenvolvimentos analógico-digitais.
Inúmeras pontas ficam soltas (inacabadas?) a aguardar o regresso que se deseja para breve. Oportunidade a investigar no próximo dia 5 de Outubro, na Galeria ZdB, em Lisboa, no âmbito do Cosmopolis, festival de música electrónica.
A seguir.»
- Eduardo Chagas / October 01, 2005 |
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