Do Make Say Think were always that bit friendlier-sounding, more positive in outlook and less prone to bouts of screamy anger than labelmates Godspeed You Black Emperor.  Which is probably why, bearing in mind Godspeed’s extended absence, DMST have endured that bit longer – less worry, less stress.  In fact, Godspeed were probably swallowed by one of the frown lines on their own foreheads, tumbling into it as if sucked into an almighty rend in the space-time continuum, tumbling with fists raised like antennazzzzzz…

With You, You’re A History In Rust, DMST show little sign of corrosion affecting any of their many parts.  The jazzy twin-drum attack is still the foundation of their sound, producing the off-balance rhythms of “The Universe!”, to which the band can solder their mariachi-flavoured trumpet and joyous guitar crescendo (well, you would, wouldn’t you).  Neat folkish touches abound, such as the fingerpicking on “A Tender History Of Rust”, and Akron/Family provide shanty backing vocals throughout.  “Herstory Of Glory” has a military funk, with marimba scuttling instead of marching across its rubbery bass.

Upon the release of their fifth album now may be the time for DMST to be lifted out once and for all from under the hulking shadow cast by their hibernating Constellation cousins.  Not only is You, You’re A History In Rust a typically cohesive, uplifting and musicianly effort from them (possibly even my favourite of theirs), but as uncle Neil will no doubt remind you, Rust Never Sleeps.

Listen to “The Universe!” here, and hear for yourself why it needed an exclamation mark.