GAILES - Seventeen Words LP grunge Echolocation is a steely and

Echolocation is a steely and glum collection

keeping alive a large cross-section of underground ephemera

RAY BARBEE

low-frequency rumble

anyone who was listening to these albums could have seen it coming a mile off

GAILES - Seventeen Words LP grunge Echolocation is a steely andWhile theyve released records on their own, and even collaborated in the past (Orcas), Rafael Anton Irisarri and Benoit Pioulard have never made music quite like they do with Gailes. This is a pure winter doldrums soundtrack, when the stillness after a snowstorm ends elongates into deep contemplation. Its not surprising that Seventeen Words was conceived, composed and recorded as the duo weathered a brutal winter squall, the remains of which can be