COBRA FAKIR

MIRIODOR are from Quebec City and are ten studio albums in on an outstanding career. They can almost do no wrong in my world as the only rating less than 4 stars that I've given them was for that self titled album from 1986. I still feel "Rencontres" is their best with "Signal 9" being my favourite of the more modern ones, but it's all good. Down to a trio here from a four piece on the previous album "Avanti!", with each of them being multi-instrumentalists.

This is album number eight from 2013 and we have eleven tracks worth over 50 plus minutes. And it's that section from track four which is the shortest on here called "Paris- Roubaix" to track eight which is the longest called "Tandem" that makes this a four star album for me. They bring it here with some powerful bass and drums while the guitar is very engaging. Included in that five track run is "Titan" which sounds like it has mellotron on it, and it's also the heaviest tune on here. Check out that guitar after 1 1/2 minutes. The next track "Un Cas Siberian" has so much bass to it that my speakers vibrate. Growling at times. Next is "Speed-Dating Sur Mars" with all that atmosphere as keys and drums join in. While that atmosphere does leave, it turns haunting and then piano joins in. It brightens but then returns to the dark side around 5 minutes in.

It's impossible for me to actually rank their albums. They are all just so consistently good, but again "Rencontres" and "Signal 9" stand out for me from the ten releases.