{"id":920,"date":"2014-02-20T08:49:16","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T13:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=920"},"modified":"2014-02-27T09:43:01","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T14:43:01","slug":"pypy-pagan-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/pypy-pagan-day\/","title":{"rendered":"PyPy <br>Pagan Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/pypy-pagan_days.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-921\" alt=\"Pypy, Pagan Days\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/pypy-pagan_days.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/pypy-pagan_days.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/pypy-pagan_days-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Supergroups are a dicey, but popular proposition in music. The idea that members of various bands can assemble like Voltron and combine their powers for the next great chapter in recorded history is a seductive one. Instead, too often it comes out as Damn Yankees. But time and proximity is a powerful thing and everyone likes the change of pace. Such is the setting for PyPy, or \u03c0 \u03c0 if you\u2019re mathy. The group, assembled from members of Montreal\u2019s Duchess Says, CPC Gangbangs, and Red Mass, has released its debut album, <i>Pagan Day<\/i> (Slovenly Recordings)<i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">For most groups of this ilk, there\u2019s a common thread linking them, so that while the paring may not be the most obvious thing, there\u2019s a type of logic that can be found. In PyPy, that doesn\u2019t seem to be the case. The band is comprised of vocalist Annie-Claude Desch\u00eanes backed by guitarist\/vocalist Choyce (a.k.a. Roy Vucino) and the Duchess Says rhythm section of bassist Philippe Cl\u00e9ment and drummer Simon Besre. Duchess Says is synth-pop leaning, while some of the other projects dabble in the garage rock and, curiously, noise rock worlds. As such, it\u2019s the type of thing that could go any way, and on <i>Pagan Day<\/i>, it largely does.\u00a0The record seems to go in at least seven directions at the same time. The transitions lurch and make awkward three-point turns. If the clich\u00e9 is that a band can stop on a dime, then PyPy is the rolling stop of bands.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">One of the biggest surprises comes from Desch\u00eanes. The famously spirited singer is in a relatively chilled out mode. While she still brings energy to the proceedings, she lets the boys in the band do much of the heavy freakout lifting. But even her approach is greatly varied, from yips and squeals to a Patti Smith crossed with Yoko Ono type of thing and even shades of Kathleen Hanna. It would be easy to be overwhelmed in this band, but Desch\u00eanes plays her position perfectly.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Anchored broadly as danceable garage punk, the songs rarely stand still long enough to gain residency in any neighborhood. Generally, whenever a song seems to lock into a groove, it wanders off on another tangent. It should be infuriating, but instead it\u2019s so gleefully unhinged and seemingly filled with cognitive dissonance that it\u2019s easy to just relax and go with every twist and turn. From the seemingly post-punk antics of \u201cDaffodils\u201d to the rough and tumble Ian Svenonius\u2013esque \u201cToo Much Cocaine,\u201d there\u2019s a lot going on. Mainly it hinges on Vucino\u2019s guitar, which is the 800-pound gorilla that pushes things along. Just when you think things are going one way, the song is hijacked in another direction all together. If nothing else, <i>Pagan Day<\/i> isn\u2019t a passive listen. 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