The Hylozoists — L'Ile De Sept Villes

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The Hylozoists — L'Ile De Sept Villes

L'Ile De Sept Villes

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John Papamarko (CHARTattack)

02/06/2009 10:54am

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Toronto instrumental collective The Hylozoists are in stark contrast to most Toronto collectives in that instead of everyone singing, nobody's singing. It's equal parts refreshing and infuriating. L'Ile De Sept Villes contains wonderful arrangements from the super-talented Paul Aucoin, yet some tracks just scream for vocals. "Bras D'Or Lakes" captured the morose feeling in my heart when Molson stopped making Brador, and the dark piano of Christopher Sandes reminds me of his stellar work on Andre Ethier's debut. The Hylozoists don't have the epic swells of Explosions In The Sky or Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, but are intriguingly melodic and just campy enough to evoke '60s nostalgia without getting into elevator muzak territory.

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Fri, 02/06/2009 - 3:14pm — Steve McLean

Steve McLean
Fri, 02/06/2009 - 3:14pm

Molson still brews Brador, unless it stopped in the past couple of months and I wasn't aware of it.

I started drinking Brador when I was 15 and can still recite the "story" found on its cases back then 27 years later: "Brador is the finest achievement of our brewmaster's art. Gently mellowed and slowly aged, this premium brew is simply the best we've ever made."

Have a cold one: