Le Loup - The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millenium General Assembly (Hardly Art, 2007)

I like to wake early in the morning. I like to hide under my covers as the sun chases away the cowering night yet again; taking comfort in the knowledge that Mr. Sun has done it many times before, and certainly doesn’t need my help. I like to turn on the radio on these early mornings, and listen to the various news pieces on NPR, letting myself drift in-and-out of sleepy, hazy consciousness. I love the sense of disorientation; the not-quite knowing of what is real and what is imagined as the stories on the radio and the dreams still floating around my head inter-mingle, becoming one and the same. Le Loup's music invokes the same feeling within me.
Springing from the mind of Sam Simkoff - the creative force behind Le Loup - The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millenium General Assembly is an exercise in catharsis. Song titles such as Planes Like Vultures and Outside Of This Car. The End Of The World, may lead one to believe that this album is a solemn affair, however, as with much great art, Simkoff has used a difficult period in his life, to inspire something that is anything but difficult. Inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy, the album spins tales of despair into songs that are somehow life-affirming.
Recorded straight onto Simkoff’s laptop, the album has a distinctly lo-fi feel and sparse instrumentation. The instrumentation there is – all of which is played by Simkoff – is used to great effect; particularly a trusty old banjo and electronic sound that would not sound out of place on an Atari 2600. Le Loup, now fleshed-out to a seven-piece band, are sure to garner plenty of attention in 2008.

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