Pressing play on Canadian rockers AXLAUSTADEās new single, āoui no naā ā available now ā is akin to giving the trio a chance to breathe life into the language of an era… A post-modern grunge apocalypse, in fact. And one thatās solely instrumental ā the words laid lyricless, deep inside the melody.
Recorded by Ćric Lamothe, mixed in Los Angeles by Justin Raisen (Kim Gordon, Viagra Boys, Charli XCX), and mastered in Los Angeles by GRAMMY-Award winner Mike Bozzi (Childish Gambino), the song lands fresh from the bandās recently released eponymous debut, AXLAUSTADE (2021).
10-tracks tall, āoui no naā ā and the surrounding LP ā bears witness to exciting new songs that vary in length, strength, volume, and vigor.
With the albumās offerings intertwined into an exciting journey of self-exploration, and losing yourself in the story, for the band itself ā members Jonathan Dauphinais, Steve Dumas, and Francis Mineau ā AXLAUSTADE are luminous mornings, and nights filled with jamming in dark spaces.
Itās striking the chord between what moves you, which riffs lift you, and what percussion outlines the beat of a drum while pulsing to the rhythm of your soul for the Montreal-based trio. When AXLAUSTADE becomes one with your speakers, they become one with your consciousness, too.
Who is AXLAUSTADE and how did he find his way into the alley of my mind? Into the troubled vortex of my heart? Speaking in the language that soothes and calms ā even those prepared to cause anarchy and chaos?
ā979 years before the third millennium, AXLAUSTADE invites himself into your home ā no sweat,ā writes the legend, adding, āAXLAUSTADE is a language of an era, a decade of used illusions and promising riffs. He remembers the eighth of august nineteen-ninety-two in turmoil and decibels, but prefers to imagine things differently. He likes the optimism of various reverbs and birdsongs. AXLAUSTADE towards a silkier new beginning.ā
The striking force of AXLAUSTADEās lead single āaxl au stadeā bore the fruit of a trio forged to propose a modern approach to grunge and instrumental music. (The adjacent music video is a lo-fi, mishmash of formulating images, nearly stepping out on top of one another, but escaping without recourse.)
āoui no naā slips quietly in line behind the breakthrough debut single, working timelessly to follow the formerās lead.
There is no pause. The music continues. The trek pushes forward. Where the group leaves off, the listener is dared to interpret. The experience becomes two fold ā that of AXLAUSTADEās writing, recording, sharing; and that of the recipient ā the one who leans back when the needle lifts off the album.
They think. Examine. And then drop the needle again.
