It has been several days since my last upload so I figured to make up for it that I would share with everyone a full length. Fair trade? And this full length that I am sharing with y'all today is quite a rare indie rock gem from super obscure Canadian indie rock band Blaise Pascal. They existed in the mid 90s, did some touring with Pavement and in addition to releasing this full length
Foreword on their own Cave Canem Records they also released the
E-Filter CDEP (once again on Cave Canem) as well as contributing the song "Library" to the wonderful
A Day in the Park compilation on the Now Sound. I have looked high and low but I am fairly certain that this is all the band ever recorded. Blaise Pascal played disjointed, lo fi indie rock that was definitely reminiscent of early Pavement but at times it was a bit darker sounding, dare I say Slint-esque at times. Guitarist/vocalist Nicolas Bragg has gone on to play guitar in the rather successful indie band Destroyer. Bragg himself was also the inspiration as well as name to a song by fellow Canadian, super cute indie pop band Cub.
Foreword is a wonderful collection of loose indie rock tunes that ebb, flow and totally rock. If you ever are fortunate enough to find this record out in the wild grab it, supposedly less than 300 of these were made. For those interested I just spotted a copy on Ebay as a Buy It Now for $19.99. Worth every penny.
Blaise Pascal
Foreword track listing
1. Forecast
2. New Lamps
3. Segue
4. Demilo
5. Only the Stars
6. The Right Bank
7. Restoration
8. Victory Church
9. Algiers
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