Canadian experimental rock trio Yoo Doo Right wed noisy, melodic guitar parts, effects-laden synthesizer soundscapes, deep bass grooves and patented percussive furies into sprawling, cathartic musical pieces. Drawing inspiration from post-rock, krautrock, shoegaze, classical music, electroacoustics, and musique concrète, they have crafted a truly unique sound. Today, the group have announced their new record, From the Heights of Our Pastureland, and shared the first piece of music from the record with “Spirit’s Heavy, But Not Overthrown Part 1” and “Spirits Heavy, But Not Overthrown Part 2”. Opening with a lavish guitar droning into the unknown, “Spirit’s Heavy, But Not Overthrown” perfectly exemplifies the band’s singular sonic palette and innate patience. The track, spilt into two parts, features trumpetist Francis Leduc-Bélanger (The Franklin Electric, Philippe Brach, Gabrielle Shonk), whose subtle depiction of the main theme gently questions an austere dialogue between the rhythm section, sinister chordal inversions and synthesized arpeggios. The piece later takes a hard left-hand turn into a shoegazing post-hardcoresque earth-shatterer before jarringly and abruptly fading into a supple sound collage.
On “Spirit’s Heavy, But Not Overthrown”, the band says, “The patience of a brewing storm. The destruction. Its aftermath. The problems that come with the rebuild. Compassion for others and an attempt to lift all up”. The band are have shared a video for Part 1, which was directed by Kristina Perdersen, who explains, “The video, as the introduction track to the record, is a low, tuning buzz of anxiety and awe. It’s about how we watch the world fail spectacularly over and over again and then try, in the deepest most desperate place in our minds, to make it make sense. If we give our actions protocol and order, maybe we can give them meaning. If we witness, maybe we can affect. These are simple hopes.”
From the Heights of Our Pastureland will be released on November 8th via Mothland. Pre-orders are now available here.
Photo credit: Stacey Lee
