"You came back to me / What else is in your mind ? / We know better than men though we are dogs / I know that everything we create won’t exist anymore..."
The artful sonic bipolarism of "Pretend to Be a Dog" (Gamelle) by Tours, France based post-psych and deep-shoegaze powerhouse Stuffed Foxes and from their third album Standardized, pulls and pushes emotional triggers. It begins pretty and illuminating, grand abstractions like something between U2 and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, dreamy vocals on top of percussive slaps and pearly guitar lines in tandem with the vox.
"You came back to me. What else is in your mind ?"
AND then audacious, beautifully audacious dissonant massive hammers of sound that you might associate with Metz, with Tropical Fuck Storm (or thereabouts) but more sideways with utterly extreme tension filled strikes of guitars / bass / drums / synth heaviness like banshee screams. And so this song moves in this undulating fashion beauty and the beast, soft and emo torn and monstrous and choking. It is an exhilarating emotional purge. I love everything about the possessional aspects, the catharsis, the blood letting.
LINER NOTES (bracketed):
[Stuffed Foxes say about the new single: "We started jamming this song during a residency in Orléans. The idea was to craft powerful, crashing sound waves interspersed with moments of calm and melody. These bursts were thrilling to play, and the main theme grew richer over time with the six of us contributing to the overall texture. This may be the track we are most proud of, with each of us expressing ourselves and fitting together. For the end of the song, Simon played a raw, noise-driven bassline, and we decided to push it to the forefront in an extreme way, weaving these clear guitar patterns around it."]
AND about the NEW ALBUM:
[Standardized opens with Biting the Dawn, a Noise elegy that builds with relentless intensity. Léo's recitative voice soars above a searing blend of saturated guitars and echo-drenched drums. Next, Merry Xmas unleashes sharp, incisive guitar riffs reminiscent of Gang of Four and Fugazi, only to surprise with a dramatic twist that builds to a breathtaking, soaring climax echoing the brilliance of Ride’s most epic moments. Rough Up emerges as a Velvet Underground-inspired ballad, built on two simple acoustic guitar chords and an organ, showcasing a more subdued and vulnerable side of the band. In contrast, Standardized plunges into a powerful trance, unleashing a massive, deliciously primal wall of saturation with raw, unfiltered intensity.
With Standardized, Stuffed Foxes appear to have reached an aesthetic milestone, transcending the semantics of the genres that once defined them. They have ‘de-standardized’ their sound and embraced a sense of freedom, opening up to the possibilities of a wider creative spectrum.]
With Standardized, Stuffed Foxes appear to have reached an aesthetic milestone, transcending the semantics of the genres that once defined them. They have ‘de-standardized’ their sound and embraced a sense of freedom, opening up to the possibilities of a wider creative spectrum.]
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Tours-based post-psych and deep-shoegaze powerhouse Stuffed Foxes are set to release their third LP, Standardized, on December 6th, 2024, via Bristol’s Stolen Body Records and French labels Reverse Tapes and Figures Libres. Today they disclose the first single 'Pretend to Be a Dog (Gamelle)' and its video.
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