PS I Love You - "Saskatoon". Canada's deepest band - deep in the manner of mines and peaks, canyons. PS I Love You don't just rip up turf, they tear blazing from the secret places and into daylight. What is the word for the thing these riffs do? When you are rising too fast, thrown upward, shot like a rocket from the seabed or that molten pit. When you are thrust by your furious heart. Terrifying, violent, soaring. Earnest without any of the sticky sap of earnestness. "Saskatoon"'s sound is bigger, braver than anything else I listen to, these days. How can it be the music of just two men? YOU FELL DOWN / from the SKY / FLASHING like Saskatoon, sings Paul Saulnier. He sounds like he has been marching through a forest fire. Like he is blinking through smoke tears. PS I Love You are always desperate and wanting, overwrought, fraught, but their music is also certain, confident, joyous, strong. The noise of human champions, coming through. (And fun as hell to listen to.)
[Death Dreams is released on May 8 / buy it now / it's extraordinary]
Posted by Sean at April 30, 2012 10:09 AM
and it will begin playing. All songs are also available to download: just right-click the link and choose 'Save as...'
