- Bitter Fictions
- Looper Pedal Blues
- (This Is Shaking Box Music)
- Calgary, AB
- ::web/sounds::
From the strange nerves of
Jesse Locke:
Revelling in the unabashed pleasures of record collection rock, alt-weekly barnstormer and vinyl slinging stalwart Devin Friesen has hit a stride with his effects-laden
solo flight.
Looper Pedal Blues is one of two new cassettes from Friesen’s own
Gerogerigegege-inspired imprint, pairing epic instrumental fuzz-outs and guitar-damaged confessionals abuzz with
post-SY hookery. We love the jams and the jams run free.
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Bitter Fictions – Nervous Stranger
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Bitter Fictions – The Aquarium
- Bitter Fictions
- The First Book of Electricity
- (This Is Shaking Box Music)
- Calgary, AB
- ::web/sounds::
De l’appétit insatiable fond de
Gabriel Jasmin:
Disquaire, journaliste musical et
DJ à CJSW nul doute que Devin Friesen engloutit une
diète hyperprotéinée de musique expérimentale. Redoutez-le donc lorsqu’il exerce ses muscles musicaux avec son projet solo Bitter Fictions. L’impressionnant
The First Book of Electricity c40 explore une palette musicale sans égal, fondant un peu de chaque genre dans une espèce de super-alliage-expérimental. On y retrouve le art-rock déconstructiviste de Chrome incorporé du détachement et du rythme flâneur propre au rock alternatif du début des années 90. C’est un album qui parvient à se remettre en question continuellement sans dévier d’une trajectoire solide. Ne reste plus qu’à savoir quel est le lien avec
apprendre les fondements de l’électricité aux enfants.
From the bottomless appetite of Gabriel Jasmin:
With a CV that includes music critic, record store clerk and CJSW show host, there can be no doubt that Devin Friesen feasts on a high protein diet of noise-rock. Incidentally, beware the flexing of his musical muscles for solo moniker Bitter Fictions. Friesen’s impressive debut c40, The First Book of Electricity, offers an expansive musical palette, melting a bit of each genre into some sort of experimental super-alloy. Chrome’s deconstructionist art-rock comes to mind, yet channeled through the detached, sluggish pace of early ’90s alternative. Here is an album that manages to question itself while maintaining a rock-solid focus. Somehow, it all relates to teaching kids about electricity.
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Bitter Fictions – In Absence
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Bitter Fictions – On Film
