Yoo Doo Right go beyond the kosmische blueprint on Build and Rest by the Shepherd's Light

It's fair to say, then, that Yoo Doo Right aren't lacking for contemporaries, but this fourth LP is the Montréal experimental rock group's most decisive action in this arena yet. True to their band name, which doubles as the title of an epic inner-space flight from Can's 1969 debut Monster Movie, Yoo Doo Right's allegiance is made clear from the outset. Fans of the propulsive, future-forward aesthetic that defined the most fruitfully freaky scenes of 1970s Germany will find a lot to love here on Build and Rest by the Shepherd's Light, but it's far from a derivative cruise. Granted, the core duo of John Talbot (drums) and multi-instrumentalist Justin Cober – joined here by Jessica Moss on violin, alongside other guests – are just as fond of locking in on a repetitively propulsive drum pattern as a means for pursuing a mind-cleansing hypnosis as their legendary forebears, but the musty, rote manoeuvres of others who have travelled down this particular autobahn before are largely avoided. In their place are elements of grandiosely doom-laden post-rock (not infrequently bringing to mind cult heroes of cinematic intensity, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, also from Montréal), judicious use ...