'Formed and founded by Paul Aucoin, a member of the Sadies, this band started in the fall of 2000. Coming from a Greek philosophical word meaning that all matter holds life, the Hylozoists began work on its debut album shortly after forming. In 2001, the group retreated to Seabright, Nova Scotia, where it recorded at Nervous System Sound studios. Signed to Brobdingnagian, the band released its debut album, La Nouvelle Gauche, in 2002. The Hylozoists has been compared to Air, Stereolab, and Tortoise in ter...   [ read more ]

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Long before the Hylozoists became one of those double-digit member Toronto-based collectives tagged with the 'supergroup' descriptor, they were a small group of Maritime musicians who were both childhood friends and neighbours, or (as is often the case with Maritimers) were practically related. In 2001, this group of seven led by Paul Aucoin huddled up in a Seabright, NS studio, where they came together to merge their classical training with the unpredictable sensibility of pop music. The Hylozoists em...   [ read more ]

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Your enjoyment of La Fin Du Monde will largely depend on just how much you enjoy the vibraphone, as the Hylozoists have no less than three vibraphone players. The indie supergroup, centered around the songwriting prowess of Paul Aucoin, features members of Cuff the Duke, Fembots, Weakerthans, Broken Social Scene, the Sadies, and a good half-dozen other bands. Mostly instrumental, the tunes are an easily-digestible hybrid of post-rock structures, pop acessbility and left-field genre influences. -Pop Mat...   [ read more ]

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