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    180g black vinyl on War On Music

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A technicolour rainbow of eargasm potential.

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released October 18, 2011

Josh Bedry - guitar
Andrew Dickens - guitar
Drew Johnston - guitar
Dan Ryckman - drums
Marty Thiessen - bass

Engineered and mixed by John Paul Peters at Private Ear Recording.
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side.

Released by Willowtip Records (CD) and War On Music (LP).


From Aquarius Records, New Arrivals #384

ELECTRO QUARTERSTAFF "Aykroyd" (Willowtip) cd
All right! We've been waiting for this, at long last a new album of mathy mania from our favorite Manitoban instru-metal nerds,
who rip it up like an unholy hybrid of The Fucking Champs and Gorguts.
So, we threw this on as soon as we got it in earlier this week,
and as we were listening to it in the store, a dizzying display of complicated instrumental triple-guitar metal pyrotechnics, completely
ridiculous stuff, Andee remarked to Matt that THIS must be what it
sounds like inside Allan's head all the time. To which Allan says, "I
wish!"... And Allan's wish is Electro Quarterstaff's command. All he
(or anyone) has to do is strap on some headphones and hit "play", and
your brain can start doing somersaults and backflips to the tricky
tunes of these tech-metal masters!
Yes, it's a fun ride. Somehow the Electro Quarterstaff boys
make their music crazy technical and also utterly rock out at the same
time. In fact, on some of the tracks here, we declare EQ may have invented the hitherto unknown subgenre of "technical boogie"!!
The Willowtip label is of course known for uber-technical death grind, bands like Arsis, Capharnaum, Gorod, Necrophagist... serious,
brutal stuff, though they do have their "humorous" side (remember, uh,
Crotchduster?). Electro Quarterstaff certainly have a quizzical sense
of humor, witness song titles like "Waltz Of The Swedish Meatballs"
and "Unholy Gravy" (though others are less overtly absurd, to be
sure). But that's not why we like 'em so much. Any band can come up
with silly song titles, but NOT just any band can play like this,
nosiree. Grin-inducing MUSICALLY 'cause it's so damn complex, yet
catchy too. Reminds us a bit of An Albatross, but not so spastic and
noisy, way more METAL, their hectic shred conversant with classical-
sounding melody. In fact, first track "The Wolf Shall Inherit The
Moon" is a disarmingly beautiful semi-acoustic piece, setting any
unsuspecting listeners up for a shock when frantic next track
"McNutty" erupts into their ear-space.
Once again, they've named this after a famous Canadian (Gretzky
was their debut). And once again, this cd is graced with really
awesome artwork. This 2nd album was worth the five year wait, but we
hope EQ don't go back into lengthy hibernation right away... what
would be really rad would be to see 'em play live, how 'bout a West
Coast tour, guys? We'd be in the front row for that, along with any
fans of Scale The Summit, Suzikiton, Pegataur, The Champs, Gorguts, etc.

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