| Do Make Say Think | |
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Do Make Say Think in concert at Art Rock (Saint-Brieuc) |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Post-rock Experimental rock Jazz fusion Instrumental rock |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Constellation |
| Associated acts | Broken Social Scene Lullabye Arkestra Microgroove Valley of the Giants Years |
| Website | domakesaythink.com |
| Members | |
| Ohad Benchetrit David Mitchell James Payment Justin Small Charles Spearin Julie Penner Jay Baird Brian Cram |
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| Past members | |
| Jason Mackenzie | |
Do Make Say Think is a Canadian instrumental post-rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Their music combines jazz style drums, distorted guitars and wind instruments, as well as a prominent use of the bass guitar.
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The band formed in 1995 as a recording project for a Canadian youth dramatic production. They rehearsed for the production in an empty elementary school room. The four simple verbs 'Do', 'Make', 'Say' and 'Think' were painted on walls of the room, and the band adopted them as their name. In 1996, the band progressed as they practiced in the rehearsal room in the basement of the University of Toronto radio station CIUT.
The song "Chinatown" from 2002's & Yet & Yet is featured in the movie Syriana starring George Clooney, as well as The Corporation. The song "The Landlord is Dead" from Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord Is Dead and "Chinatown" from & Yet & Yet is also featured in the movie A Simple Curve.
The band's fifth full-length album, entitled You, You're a History in Rust, was released on Constellation Records on February 12, 2007 in Europe and February 26 in the rest of the world. The band toured North America and Europe to promote the release of the album, and released a tour EP, The Whole Story of Glory, to promote the Japanese leg of their tour.
In June 2009 at Luminato, Toronto's annual festival of arts and creativity, the band provided part of the live soundtrack for the outdoor screening (at Yonge-Dundas Square) of the 1919 silent German horror film Tales Of The Uncanny (Unheimliche Geschichten), alongside Canadian violinist Owen Pallett and electronica music artist Robert Lippok from Berlin, Germany.
Constellation Records released Do Make Say Think's sixth album, titled Other Truths, on October 6, 2009.
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