The Luyas - Faker Death - mp3 review
January 25th, 2008 r8e8rcom
When I was a kid I was fascinated by infomercials. There was something about them, the simplicity of the products, the exuberant delivery of the sales pitch, the urgency of the offer, despite the frivolity and inevitable return the following night. They always seemed to be able to align their products benefits with my needs and somehow convince me that everything would be alright if I just ordered the product right away. “If only I had that deluxe breakfast shake mixer maybe I could save enough time to fit in that morning jog. And maybe then I would loss that extra 20 pounds, then maybe I would have more self esteem, and maybe then I’d have the courage to ask for that promotion at work, and then maybe I’d make enough money to buy Jane that engagement ring, and then maybe we’d live happily ever after.”
It was an alarmingly comfortable feeling to be convinced that the solutions to my problems could be a simple commodity. That was the scary part, that and the cultish audience participation of course. As I got older though nostalgia for that sick false sense of security morphed into the idea that I could somehow find the answers to all life’s problems on an internet search engine. A more contemporary, but not altogether different adaptation of the same feeling I got watching those infomercials at 2 AM. A quick click with the right keywords and you’re set. Problems with your job, links to job listings. Relationship problems, here’s some dating sites. Don’t have any friends, try some social networking sites. Don’t know where to live, real estate listing, and hell there’s even a wiki on how to be a bum (I’m not kidding). Problems solved, right? Ok, maybe not, and to be honest it’s not even that I want the answers to all my problems, but rather that I just want to be reassured that the answers are out there somewhere.
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The Luyas are Jessie Stein’s (SS Cardiacs, Miracle Fortress) new musical project. I just can’t get enough of her lately. This lineup includes Pietro Amato (Bell Orchestre, Torngat and formally a horn player for Arcade Fire) and Stefan Schneider (Bell Orchestre), like I said, it’s a tight little group they run up there. I can’t say I like this more than SS Cardiacs, but I like it. Their first album, “Faker Death” came out in August 2007 but with limited availability. A Re-release is scheduled for early 2008 on Pome Records (FUSION 3 distributing) until then to get the record you’ve got to either live Montreal or Toronto or send $13 here:
5392 de L’ESPLANADE
MONTRÉAL, QUEBEC
CANADA
H2T 2Z7
for updates on the release check here: http://www.theluyas.com/music.html
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