Angine De Poitrine - utterly fascinating!

[Chubbyross]

https://youtu.be/2lUC8Gimxz8?si=Ms4cex1psjxhOpln

I’ve recently discovered these guys. They’re from Quebec and rapidly taking the music world by storm. At first I was utterly confused but now can’t get enough. Utterly mesmerising. I need a multi-tonal guitar in my life.

Thoughts?

[MCBrowncoat]

Yep - they've been around for a bit but I think the KEXP performance recently went a little bit viral for them

https://youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?si=yV82k8jqrJLjb_MP

[Chubbyross]

I believe their EP was released in 2024 but they’ve just recently gone global. I was excited to see they’re playing the Scala in London in the next month or two but apparently tickets were sold out in seconds.

[Super Sonic]

Thanks for posting.
Reminds me of Brand X or King Crimson.

Edited by Super Sonic on Thursday 5th March 21:43

[cliffords]

I thought it was drivel, however I really liked the false nose , very much

[cherryowen]

I'd hoped the Second Viennese School of "music" had died out

Clearly not

[evenflow]

Holy st. It's like a fever dream.
The aesthetic will give me nightmares, but the music is awesome.
Thanks for posting!

[hengti]

Very satisfying, have another thanks

[wolfracesonic]

If Mr Blobby and Monty Python’s Black Knight formed a band, inspired by Salvador Dali who’d just dropped acid…

[Panamax]

Zorba the heavy metal Greek.

[evenflow]

Try their song "Fabienk" - arguably better than the above. The last couple of minutes are maybe the largest earworm ever.

[sidewinder500]

Thanks for the link, finally something completely different and the better for it.

[CountyLines]

Some talent there!

Never heard of them before.

Genuine thanks for bringing them to my attention.

[Chubbyross]

You’re most welcome. I’m so glad the reaction seems to be positive. I’m a pretty hardcore old-school blues fan myself and it takes something really pretty special to stop me in my tracks and pay attention these days.

As well as the vibe I can’t begin to understand the level of skill these guys/girls/aliens have to produce this music. As well as the awesome drumming and looping I’ve just noticed the guitarist is twisting knobs with his feet whilst playing. I can’t play guitar and sing a note at the same time!

[NDA]

Will check them out later (the rugby is on) - thanks OP, hadn't heard of them before.

[andy_s]

All I can say is that I'm glad I got their LP when I did...

In theory I try to keep an open mind so that I don't fall into the 'grumpy old man' trap but generally there has been nothing that's appealed to me much for ages in modern music, but these guys are clever, skilled, creative and very much plough their own furrow.

There's an oxytocin-related study ['be cautious with all studies' caveat] that it takes about 3 listens to like something you don't immediately like, if you lean into it. Something to do with the predictive processing the brain does all the time, maybe why stuff like Trout Mask Replica or Tago Mago takes a few listens to 'get it'. The only warning - if you try this method - is the earwormness of it.

Look at me, 60yrs and bang on trend

Second album coming soon.

[ATG]

Sponsored by a fret manufacturer. Very cool.

[blingybongy]

Found these after a recommendation from a Canadian mate.
Thank fk for off the wall music, best of luck gettin AI to do something like this.
The missus hates it.

[Roofless Toothless]

It reminds me very much of Zappa's number Five-Five-Five. This was recorded at the Odeon Hammersmith in 1979.

[ScotHill]

Reminds me of Robert Fripp's 80s dance band The League of Gentlemen.

I heard them on 6Music without knowing who was playing or anything about them and thought it was great, so it's not just about their image or hype. Compelling stuff.