Taking their name from the song that takes up the entire second side of Can's 1969 debut, Yoo Doo Right formed in Montréal in 2016, consisting of Justin Cober (guitar, synthesizers, vocals), bassist Charles Masson, drummer John Talbot, and synth player Charles Bourassa. At the end of 2016 they released their first limited-edition cassette EP titled 'Nobody Panicked And Everybody Got On' on Second Best Records, which was recorded at Breakglass Studios and mixed by Taylor Smith and Austin Tufts of Braids. The following year they recorded the rather obviously-titled 'EP2' at the infamous Hotel2Tango, which was mixed by Godspeed You! Black Emperor's Efrim Menuck and mastered by Harris Newman, and released as a digital file. Following the departure of Bourassa, the band remained a trio, and released the track 'The Moral Compass Of A Self-Driving Car' in 2019, which was recorded by Sébastien Fournier of Avec le Soleil Sortant de Sa Bouche. In 2020, Yoo Doo Right shared a split 7" single with Japanese psych legends Acid Mothers Temple, which was issued by Mothland Records, and they also appeared on the label's 'Sounds From Mothland, Vol. 1' compilation, contributing the disco-influenced 'Marché, Pt. 3', featuring Jasmine Trails. In 2021 their debut album, 'Don't Think You Can Escape Your Purpose', finally appeared on Mothland, and once they had that under their belt there was no stopping them, with second album 'A Murmur, Boundless To The East' quickly following in 2022, and the most recent release, 'From The Heights Of Our Pastureland', appearing last year. As you would expect from their choice of name, Yoo Doo Right draw heavily on the repetitive rhythms and layered textures characteristic of krautrock and shoegaze, creating immersive and hypnotic pieces, and this post showcases some of their early work which didn't subsequently appear on any of their albums.
Track listing
01 Nobody Panicked & Everybody Got On (from the 2016 cassette EP)
02 Distaval (from the 2016 cassette EP)
03 Fear Of Elevators (from the 2016 cassette EP)
04 The Ocelot That Lost A Lot (from the 2016 cassette EP)
05 Whilst You Save Your Skins (from 'EP2' 2017)
06 Marché des Squelettes (from 'EP2' 2017)
07 Apatride (Part 1) (from 'EP2' 2017)
08 Apatride (Part 2) (from 'EP2' 2017)
09 Apatride (Part 3) (from 'EP2' 2017)
10 Marché, Pt. 3 (from 'Sounds Of Mothland, Vol. 1' compilation 2020)
11 Speed Guru (split single with Acid Mothers Temple 2020)
