Pyramid of the Sun
Album | Maserati
Bittersweet career high point completed after tragedy.
One of 2009’s saddest and weirdest musical losses was the accidental death of Jerry Fuchs, Maserati's drummer and longtime fixture in Brooklyn’s indie-rock scene, after he accidentally fell down an elevator shaft in a Brooklyn loft. Pyramid of the Sun, the album that Maserati were in the process of finishing at the time of Fuchs’ passing, is the band’s most sprawling and innovative work to date. From the Giorgio Moroder-ish “Who Can Find the Beast?” to sprawling math-rock guitar jams like “We Got the System to Fight the System,” Maserati continue to explore the limits of what intellectual instrumental music can do. Incorporating elements of jazz and electronica into the brew, Pyramid of the Sun is much more dynamic and polished than previous efforts, but retains the muscle of the band’s formidable live show. However, the best moment on the record is also the most bittersweet: the sprawling seven-minute valediction “Bye M’Friend, Goodbye.”
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