One of the first things I noticed about Do Make Say Think was its default genre classification on iTunes. I was originally turned onto the band due to their involvement with Broken Social Scene. So you can imagine my befuddlement when I see DMST listed under Jazz.
What, really?
About a year ago, I purchased a CD copy of their latest record You, You're a History in Rust; and what I took away was much more a cousin to Explosions In The Sky, rather than anything akin Miles Davis or Bill Evans.
Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn is my third DMST album, and the first where I can actually see any sort of jazz-like parallel. In fact, this album wears several influences on its sleeve. You'll go from crescendo-core to afrobeat within a matter of songs, all the while keeping the DMST-sound in tact.
At least one download I made this month did very little to stray away from another more popular band's sound; and while their music's okay, it really comes off sounding like a cover band...more on them later!
Of the three DMST albums I own, this album harbors the least amount Broken Social Scene-ness, and I'm totally okay with that. Where in later albums they have relied on more pop-like song structure, this albums has the feeling of a band attempting to discover a new sound through spontaneous experimentation.
How...jazzy.
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