Ant Acid Audio
2006
All Roads Lead To Ausfahrt
About This Album
As any critic will tell you, its nigh on impossible to capture the craziness, cacophony of sounds and styles, and the outright weirdness of a Nomeansno album on paper (or computer). All Roads Lead to Ausfahrt is no different. A kaleidoscope of music washes out of the stereo, beginning with the cacophony of "Wake Up" and ending with the vaudeville-laced surrealism of the final, untitled hidden track. And in between the slams, bangs, and wallops come another dozen numbers careening across the grooves, a rapid-fire series of dramatic images and aural impressions that leave the listener exhausted and sated by the end. Sometimes it's the weirdness that leaves one stunned, like the Hollywood musical-esque ballad blown up to arena rock proportions on "Faith." Other times, it's the vocals and lyrics, as on the tongue-twisting "I See a Mansion in the Sky," that leave one flabbergasted. Not to mention the musicianship that inevitably leaves one's mouth gaping, be it the spectacular drum rolls that crescendo across the dramatic conclusion of "In Her Eyes" or the warp speed intricate bassline and machine gun guitar assaults in "Mr. In Between." Then, of course, there are the unexpected musical turns, like the melodic twists that run through "So Low" or the tantalizing harmonies blanketing "Til I Die.
Track List (try tracks 1,3,6,10 and 13)

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