Independent
Axis of Conversation has been building up steam for a few years now as one of Calgary’s best emerging acts. Every publication in the city including this one tapped them as early as 2006 to be one of the city’s true up-and-comers and their new 7-inch All We Make Is Enemies won’t change that general consensus.
Enemies is a quick snippet of what the band does best. Side A the title track is a three-minute burst of sound that recalls anything and everything from The Talking Heads to The Strokes. Lead singer Chris dela Torre’s hushed high-pitched voice is the perfect complement to the frantic energy that swirls around him singing conspiratorially “We did it all for the failure of love.” Side B is a clever remix of one of the band’s earlier songs “The Pull.” Originally a quiet acoustic piece Morgan Greenwood’s remix inserts a fractured electronic beat and some spacey strings that lend the song a brand new personality.
Enemies is a notch in the belt of another promising local band and Axis of Conversation have proven themselves worthy of the early attention.
