Pitchfork

It's been three and a half years now since Toronto-based post-rockers Do Make Say Think released the cult fave Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn, an album in three parts, each evoking a different section of the title. But it's not that they haven't been busy: Key members Charles Spearin and Ohad Benchetrit are both major contributors to Broken Social Scene, which unquestionably meant they spent much of their time away from this band touring and recording (and re-recording) with the other.

So if you're wondering why their excellent new track "The Universe!" doesn't sound that far removed from one of You Forgot It in People's massive, multi-layered instrumentals, there's a good reason. (Additional members Justin Small and James Payment even did time in BSS precursor K.C. Accidental.) One of the clearest standouts on their latest full-length (the unfortunately titled You, You're a History in Rust), "The Universe!" is also one of the loudest. Wasting no time getting to the point, the song's first few seconds find it charging from speakers like a bull from a rodeo pen, its thundering percussion and Benchetrit's surging guitarwork forming an immediate blitz to create an instantaneous momentum that sustains throughout the track's five-minute run.

MP3: > Do Make Say Think: "The Universe!"
[from You, You’re a History in Rust; due 02/12/07 on Constellation]
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