14 Apr 2012 — Tonje Thilesen
Released via
Hoss Records back in March 20th, I was sent the rather stunning debut LP of Atlanta based psych-drone quartet
Lyonnais just before SXSW last month, and because of this it ended up at the bottom of the bundle of vinyls I brought home from the promising land. Now that's been said,
Want For Wish For Nowhere had been stuck in my mind ever since I gave it its first proper spin, a little similar to the Finnish krautrockers slash shoegazers
Siinai did on their splendid debut
Olympic Games back in 2011. Obviously, the references between them two are plenty, mostly and funnily enough on Lyonnais' track "Dusted at Mount Sinai"; which is perhaps the most krautrock-esque track on
Want To Wish For Nowhere. Atmospherically Lyonnais also claims to pick up inspiration from the dark post-rock of Richmond's
Labradford (now
that makes sense), dressed up in dark drones of slow and fuzzy build-ups, all though definitely more explosive and piercing than our Finnish friends in Siinai — sometimes even to the border of frightening.
Stream the album below, or order the 12 inch vinyl via
Hoss Records' website.
