Stream KEN mode Venerable (Stereogum Premiere)
Veteran Winnipeg noise-rock trio KEN mode's Kurt Ballou-produced fourth album Venerable is one of the best records of 2011, bar none. (It's also their best record since forming in 1999.) The brothers vocalist/guitarist Jesse and drummer Shane Matthewson are joined by (another) new bassist Thérèse Lanz on this one -- and everything clicks. From opener "Book Of Muscle" to closer ...
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