It's been nearly a decade since Montreal's PYPY (pronounced like ' '...with a long 'i' or a rather than long 'e', thank you very much) landed with their debut Pagan Day (Slovenly), but the same lunatics behind CPC Gangbangs, Red... It's been nearly a decade since Montreal's PYPY (pronounced like ' '...with a long 'i' or a rather than long 'e', thank you very much) landed with their debut Pagan Day (Slovenly), but the same lunatics behind CPC Gangbangs, Red Mass and Duchess Says are back with Sacred Times on Goner Records. One might recall the thunderous pop of their banger She's Gone carving out a place for itself in the high-end fashion world, becoming the soundtrack to Yves Saint Laurent's 2016 show. If that album bounced, punched and clawed like Delta 5 covered in dirt and trying to get somewhere in a booted vehicle while dodging lightning rod guitar licks the whole way, Sacred Times takes things to somewhere far beyond the proverbial next level. Co-vocalist/founder/multi-instrumentalist Annie-Claude Deschenes' (Duchess Says) signature howl and vocal acrobatics are present but so is a tendency towards beautiful melodies. Bassist Philippe Clement's (Duchess Says) brings a nastier bottom end that locks onto Simon Besre's drumming with a death grip for the entire affair. And guitarist/ co-vocalist Roy Vucino (Red Mass, CPC Gangbangs, Black Leather Rose, Les Sexareenos, a gazillion others) goes bonkers with wildass blown-out guitar that's like hornets caught in yr hair. Lonely Striped Sock grooves along like Earthbeat -era Slits/ESG until the chorus transforms PYPY into something else entirely. Something huge. Something with monster riffs and wah wah that pins you to the back wall. So there is clearly a brilliance with dynamics here, and it proves to be a not-so-secret-weapon that repays the ear-vestment in dividends throughout. Then it's time for She's Back, a sort of part 2/continuation of Pagan Day's best-known gem (the aforementioned She's Gone ). This one packs a hook that'll make your brain take out a restraining order. Erase is a (synth) noise-punk nugget; revealing a need for Brainiac-meets-Blondie we didn't know we had...deceptively kicking off with a no-fi drum machine that is immediately lost in the massive pop din. Poodle Escape is two minutes of perfect (and perfectly distorted) synth-punk and I Am A Simulation - with lead vox from Vucino - is yet another hit that deviates from the noise a bit and pays homage to both Devo and classic late-70's power-pop, but with a manic nature that is 150% circa right now. 15 Sec serves up a stanky-brown bass line, Deschenes' gorgeous vocals, wonderfully combative white hot guitar rips, and a stunning coda. The album's title track is a love letter to Hawkwind. Vanishing Blinds is like being chased through the rain-soaked streets in an unknown dystopian nightmare from 40+ years ago. RIYL: Christina Monet, ESG, Oh Sees, Bush Tetras, Lost Sounds, Mercier Descloux/Ze Records, early Comets on Fire, Au Pairs, Brainiac
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