{"product_id":"drainolith-drainoliths-montreal-lp","title":"Drainolith - Drainolith's Montreal LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn The Electric Hearse (2020) Drainolith time-travelled through various phases of gentrification in the Saint-Henri neighbourhood of Montreal to pay homage to a bygone era, distilling it’s essence out of time. With Drainolith’s Montreal both spatial \u0026amp; historic scope have broadened for a stranger \u0026amp; sparser psychic cartography.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOpening with a rendition of les objets mutantes a 2010 poem by the mysterious Cassie Cornette, Moskos sets the scene of this record as exploration of the titular city’s terrain vague.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI write from a public standing desk beneath a hardwood awning where the bike path ends \u0026amp; metaverse offices stand. When\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eElectric Hearse was recorded this location was still an ambiguous dirt and gravel pit where free impromptu dance classes took place on a makeshift wood floor. A well manicured and overpopulated nursery now grows where weeds once wrought their chaotic \u0026amp; resilient networks. The piano that bridges these two incarnations of “guerilla park” now sits with a lock and chain over its keyboard cover. This is the best I can describe the state of Montreal’s terrain vague at the time of this release.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing the plaintive notebook synth wailing which closes side 1 we’re introduced to the no music crew “they can’t hear music, they only hear words” in Alex’s own. Chilling stuff. The sounds of spray paint cans \u0026amp; interstellar radio tones crinkle in the background.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeparating the sci-fi sprawl of the album’s first part and the b-boy bouillabaisse of it’s second are Bourbs the street and Bourbs the guy “two legends. The sad tale of Jean Bourbonais – scenester who beat a guy to death and Bourbonniere, great street in Hochelaga, broad, lit and with a bike path.” This may be the first Drainolith campfire song.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore the shock of this change of pace has worn off a crisp 808 kicks in with a subdued and spacious groove over which Moskos intones “I keep my neck warm” evoking those long mid-winter walks home in the dead of night. Enter a slurring nasal Québecois tenor cracking jokes about Trudeau (senior) and inflation followed by a smooth Queb disco break.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collage of Queb curios (featuring a St. Henri name check) that makes up part 1 of the title piece reminds us of some of the many Montreals that have come and gone before. What sounds like a fog horn kicks off part 2 and the riff is continued lyrically with references to Jesuits, the fur trade, beloved metal band Voivod, LaSalle … is Draino’s Montreal real? Is anyone’s Montreal more real than another’s?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe techies have descended from the metaverse upon guerilla park for lunch now and I know it’s time to go. Questionable fashions, French from France accents and sideways glances remind me this is not my spot. I head towards the Personal Records headquarters in Durocher and notice for the first time the sign demarcating Outremont at Hutchison and Beaubien. Arbitrary borders, mixed use cul-de-sacs, nth generation artist lofts – this is the stuff my Montreal is made of. Is it real? It’s ours.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e –Celluloid Lunch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 208px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=134498400\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/personalrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/drainoliths-montreal\"\u003eDrainolith's Montreal by Drainolith\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Midheaven","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45357706903734,"sku":null,"price":44.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/9119\/8390\/files\/a0794212339_10.jpg?v=1786770534","url":"https:\/\/repressedrecords.com\/products\/drainolith-drainoliths-montreal-lp","provider":"Repressed Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}