Time: January - April Situation: SXSW / To Support / Package
Thu Nov 29 '07 1:50 pm
PopMatters Review: Population
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Tue Nov 20 '07 1:46 pm
Allmusic Review: Population
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Tue Nov 20 '07 1:44 pm
Soundcheck Magazine Review: Population
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TheMost Serene Republic
At the rate they’re going, whether they mean to or not, The Most Serene
Republic will alter the way in which people appreciate rock music. It might
sound like a lofty achievement for an unlikely band of 20-somethings bred in
the Toronto suburb of Milton, Ontario but if you pay close attention to their
discography—particularly 2007’s Population—you’ll hear something entirely
unique. Don’t disregard their dense art-pop breakthrough Underwater
Cinematographer (2005) or the transitional tour EP, Phages (2006)
completely; these are the keys to understanding how The Most Serene
Republic came to form the masterful achievement that is Population, which
might seem superficially sugary if it weren’t for the poison lurking under its
remarkable layers of sound.
“Population is our dystopian novel record,” producer and keyboard player Ryan Lenssen explains. “It is The
Empire...
Sun Jul 27 '08 Wicker Park Music Festival Chicgo, IL
