Parallel Lines :: Infinity (Oxide Tone/Where are My Records)

A deep-tissue brain massage punctuated by masterful acupuncture. Each whack just hits the right power point, and afterward, you feel physically reinvigorated, injected with vitamins right into the muscles, maybe downright purified.

[Release page] A quietly formidable Canadian power trio with Eric Quatch (thisquietarmy) on guitar, Ryan Ferguson on synthesizers and Pascal Asselin manning the drum-kit. While Quatch and Ferguson slowly churn, Asselin renders a tour-de-force performance of restrained, recitative drumming, speaking volumes as it is borne upon the wonderful, deep shag carpet spread before him by his humming, howling yet smoothly textured cohort. Not that their melodic ooze is merely well-crafted background—with a small gesture, Quatch and Ferguson can transform a cozy, paisley-patterned meditation pad into an outer space odyssey in the head or an arid stretch of cowboyless desert. It’s a deep-tissue brain massage punctuated by masterful acupuncture. Each whack just hits the right power point, and afterward, you feel physically reinvigorated, injected with vitamins right into the muscles, maybe downright purified.

Infinity is available on Oxide Tone/Where are My Records. [Release page]