Lethbridge, Alberta's heros Endangered Ape
continue to dominate the CJSR charts which, given the absolute
strangeity of their music, is really awesome! I can't imagine that band
actually existing in the remote rurality of South-Eastern Alberta. I've
been to Lethbridge. My cousin owns a head-shop there. It's a wyrd
place. Weird enough to spawn a band like Endangered Ape. - CJSR CHARTWARE, June 15 2009
Endangered Ape
Ape Shall Not Kill Ape(independent)
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When
Lethbridge’s Endangered Ape last played Edmonton, the male vocalist
immediately took off his shirt and paraded around the stage, getting in
the audience’s faces like Les Savy Fav’s Tim Harrington, then led the
band through a cover of The Mekons’ “Where Were You.” Needless to say,
it didn’t really matter what they sounded like: Endangered Ape live is
an enjoyable spectacle regardless of the music. So I was excited to
hear
Ape Shall Not Kill Ape and see these guys also know how
not just to craft a cohesive EP, but also to translate most of their
live show’s energy to disc. The full and frantic “Ghost Countdown”
kicks off the disc in energetic fashion, flowing perfectly from a
catchy synth-punk verse to a more Misfits-sounding chorus. But the EP’s
centrepiece is the three-part song cycle “Tales of a Survivalist
Horror” which, as far as I can make out, tells the story of a man being
hunted in the bush. I particularly like the straight-up first-wave punk
of “Part 3,” with its repeated imprecations to “Stay alive!” There’s an
intelligence, an accessibility and an ambition to this disc that
suggests Endangered Ape will be alive as well for a long time to come.
MIKE DEANE - SEE Magazine (Edmonton), May 7, 2009.
Endangered Ape
Tales of a Survivalist Horror Pt. 1
Ooky-spooky organs and clattering metal-machine percussion make for a
noise-core opus that plays out like something ripped from the last reel
of a grainy, file-under-“exploitation” ’70s horror flick. The horror,
indeed. - The Straight (Vancouver) "Instant Playlist April 30, 2009"
"Endangered Ape spit out some really interesting synthy-punk with some Eighties Brit-wave moves. Probably the best stuff on the tape." - Rich Kroneiss, Terminal Boredom, March 2009
"Endangered Ape shows are like watching what would happen if Ian Curtis went to live among wild jungle creatures for a decade and came back inspired" - Aurgasim, March 2009
"Most solo bedroom projects turned full bands lose the intimacy that a solo project provides but with Endangered Ape, their recordings’ lo-fi production gives them the best of both worlds: at the moment, they can sound like a post-punk version of Simply Saucer if they want to (and they do) but their aesthetic ensures continuity between their past, present, and future, so that no matter what they choose to sound like, they will always maintain at least some singularity."- Kallen Law, Beatroute Magazine, December 2008