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New album up for pre-order

https://anginedepoitrine.bandcamp.com/album/vol-ii

Insane that these guys went mega-viral and are selling out pressing after pressing of vinyl and no one is interviewing this band

here's an old one but it's in French: https://sorstu.ca/mysterieuse-entrevue-epistolaire-avec-angine-de-poitrine-lapparition-dun-nouveau-symptome/

here they are on <<Tout le monde en parle>>, a venerable Quebecois talk show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orgef29a0_4

my one piece of constructive criticism for the band is that the drummer should attach some kind of cymbal or shaker to his floppy nose. perhaps a set of castanets?

Wonder if they're Gong/Hillage fans, Mata Zyklek has that Glorious OM Riff DNA

these guys are so hot right now. both NY shows sold out so fast.

have you pitched an interview anywhere, WGW?

I really want to but I’m super busy right now. I pitched a review at least.

whiney if you interview them can you ask if they know Les Georges Leningrad?

Hype-allergic though I usually am, I dig this pair a lot and have been preaching the good news about them to all of my friends.

There's something about their melding of the appealing and unappealing that is just very refreshing to me right now. And I like how their virtuosity is tempered by a kind of post punk minimalism. The costume and fake language gimmick is the sort of thing that would usually irritate me, but here I find it very charming. Good times all around.

There is something about their whole deal that reminds me of something my friends and I would have dreamed up back in high school, except we would have had zero chops and been totally unlistenable.

so hype and gimmicks are bad ... unless you like them? is that the takeaway?

yes, that's exactly it

real, boring answer: hype and gimmicks are neither good nor bad, they just tend to put me off. That's a "me" thing, not a judgment on anyone's art or means of promoting themselves

and when an artist manages to disarm me from my usual prejudices, I think it's interesting. It's like a magic trick--how'd you pull that off?

fair enough. i don't know why i chimed in. bored, i guess. my bad!

loving these guys, the two friends who both passed them on to be cited Gizzard vibes and they definitely chime with the Gizz's microtonal eras

The videos I’ve seen of them performing are a somewhat hypnotic experience. Coordination is their main trick and they’re pretty good at it. I don’t mind the gimmicks. This is one of those instances where I feel it’s ironically less distracting for them to play with masks than it would be to have them showing their faces doing awkwardly focused expressions.

One of those bands I’d pay to see live but wouldn’t buy an album.

Me and my son have been enjoying the stuff that comes up on my You Tube algorithm. he's basically spellbound with the videos.

hey, if it puts a 12 year old onto prog influenced math rock and away from Spotify/lofi beats slop, then masks off to them.

just seen the electric Ballroom gig is sold out + 14+ age restriction so we'll have to stick to the online videos only.

I don't mind the gimmick, kind of nice to have a band with a clear visual design language that doesn't feel cynically grafted on.

the painted bare feet are especially chefs kiss.

Watching the KEXP session every night before going to bed. Spellbound is indeed the right word.

Was at a gig tonight and the opening act's drummer (they were a mathy 2-piece) recommended this lot, interesting, will have to investigate

Lol 2 veterans of the yahoogroup where I first encountered whiney give this band a “no” … so imago, you would probably love this band.

I think they are good (good not bad). And probably way more enjoyable to listen to without video than Clown Core (who are also incredible in their way).

One of those bands I’d pay to see live but wouldn’t buy an album.

Given how much people are asking for this on Discogs, seeing them live is likely to be far more economical.

I agree with your assessment though. I would tag along to see these guys but I don't think I need to sit and home and listen to this.

not even really a commentary on the band, i just think it's fascinating when resellers try to capitalize on a blurp of hype like this

https://i.postimg.cc/VNBZxZ3n/ap.png

Lol 2 veterans of the yahoogroup where I first encountered whiney give this band a “no” … so imago, you would probably love this band.

When I first saw this video I literally texted my group chat “This the type of shit l0u1s jagg3r is like “How can you people listen to Rosalia over this””

Of course like 5 minutes later they became my favorite band in the world, so game recognize game I guess

lol I've had my whole 'Rosalia is good' arc, although her last album undid it a bit

This? This first album is...okay. It's a bit too Palm/Horse Lords-adjacent for me, i.e. I can imagine it being absolutely incredible live, but less impressive in terms of studio composition - the songs don't really take journeys, they meditate upon cool patterns. I'd definitely be up for seeing them in person. This last weekend I went to the Bridget Riley exhibition in Margate and that was much the same - paintings I'd probably scoff at on a screen ("it's just colour bars!") suddenly become hypnotic, psychedelic, overwhelming when they're lifesize and in your face and you can't focus on one spot. Simple patterns, but so vast, so cool...this kind of music works, for me, in that visceral context, rather than on headphones

Were you on drugs? … idk I don’t find Riley that compelling, but that’s consistent with my general art preferences.

I mean I'm not usually into that sort of thing either, but something about the size and difficulty of focus...I had been drinking and had also just consumed whelks though

And speaking of arty Canadian bands — Aids Wolf recently released an EP of unreleased material. They are an excellent band imo.

sold out 2 nights at nyc's lpr immediately, obv. i am intrigued enough to add myself to the waitlist, not intrigued enough to pay out the (floppy) nose for re-sale tix

TS: flaccid nose vs. erect nose

Misread as “noise” and thought… flaccid v erect is a good dichotomy in categorizing noise artists

lots of folks on reddit are posting that their shows are selling out in less than a minute

a few cities got second shows and those also sold out

ticketmaster is such a corrupt entity

i hope people are motivated enough to pass some kind of legislature to cap prices of ticket resales

sorry, i should have said, "to write to their MP to pass some kind of legislature"

i'm still kind of angry about this

a little bit about the luthier that constructed the quarter-tone guitars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei3nrz2vcTg

And speaking of arty Canadian bands — Aids Wolf recently released an EP of unreleased material. They are an excellent band imo.

Oh yay I always hoped they'd done some recordings of the era where Chloe was only doing robot voices.

I'm seeing folks in the IG peanut gallery calling these guys "industry plants" now, which is hilarious. We truly live in an age of unfettered paranoia

Nothing ever happens organically, everything is manifested according to the hidden will of the shadowy cabal...what an exhausting worldview to have

they're being foisted upon us by "big microtone"

lol

Wow lol

I'm seeing folks in the IG peanut gallery calling these guys "industry plants" now, which is hilarious. We truly live in an age of unfettered paranoia

― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Monday, March 23, 2026 9:17 AM (fifty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

the international Illuminati cooking up a scheme to sell 5000 vinyl records on Bandcamp

they are at least the second iteration of a phenomenon of experimental acts going viral on short form video for quirky live performances and selling out tours, the first being ryosuke kiyasu

these people act like there's no precedent for a rock act dressing up in outlandish costumes to get attention

these people act like there's no precedent for a rock act dressing up in outlandish costumes to get attention

https://i8.amplience.net/i/naras/the-beatles_MI0003995354-MN0000754032

xps it's all a plot by Big Tonality to sell more notes!

Anyway I'm bummed that I couldn't get tix to their Philly show before they sold out :(

they are at least the second iteration of a phenomenon of experimental acts going viral on short form video for quirky live performances and selling out tours, the first being ryosuke kiyasu

lol can't wait for the rick beato take on ryosuke kiyasu

In fairness too, it's microtonal but definitely doesn't feel as "challenging" as some stuff (like, Horse Lords would probably be their closest analog, but they definitely project a Frippish egghead chilliness that's makes it more off-putting initially); they have pretty strong pop instincts even working within the framework of avant rock.

god, i wish there *was* a "big microtone"

"industry plants"

Rick Beato brought this up on his channel when he posted a "reaction" video (positive, fwiw). He's like, "you can't plant something this weird! The music industry *wishes* it could make stuff like that happen!"

So does this count as a trend, microtonal indie rock? Horse Lords, King Gizzard, these goofs? Are there more nerds out there rocking 100-fret guitars or whatever?

I have one :)

no fuckin idea what to do with it though

Make weird rock, lol

takes a while to get used to the quarter frets from a playing standpoint, pretty tight spacing. standard tuning feels like it just doesn't work, found some Turkish scale theory stuff that was over my head, having a little bit of progress with a tuning King Gizzard uses

Can you play standard chords on it? Or only single note leads?

Are there more nerds out there rocking 100-fret guitars or whatever

the other day someone showed me this indonesian band which is doing extremely blatant kglw pastiche. they're decent at it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3T5QqVlv44

at least the one I have, you could ignore the quarter frets and play it normally in standard, but it's a little awkward

Quick, hop on this with a food truck Angine de Poutine

the guitars that kglw use aren't full 24-tet, they just have a few extra frets (i think 2 or 3 per octave) so you can play some quarter note scales but far from all

it looks like the angine de poitrine guy's custom dual-neck is 24-tet except for the highest frets, on both the guitar and bass. i presume that's because the extra frets would be very impractical for the highest notes?

the costumes are funny but i don't really get whatever excitement exists around these guys. they settle into a decent groove from time to time but that's about it really

this is what I have, I think the KG guy has played one but yes a Jazzmaster with extra frets basically

Revelation Marrakesh (Quartertone Offset) | OffsetGuitars.com https://share.google/QdViqsXksQvDb2NW0

xxpost - based on playing one, quarter frets high up on the neck would be nearly impossible to play

that looks like the same fret placement as the ones the kg guys use except they actually have the near-impossible quarter tone frets high on the neck

Looks like they have a hater:

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7pt3wil6q3t2vgokqv6z2mo4/bafkreiawgwzjmfcgbmd26ourzii67soniyyq63moni6u5etaongfw2pecq

Ah I see Josh brought that up upthread. But it is a truly bemusing image.

"please stop sending me links to music I can't easily sound smart about"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91QWp6Ygx7c

Ned, Beato actually loved it and was very complimentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO8bt94-ybg

i mean they essentially have prog chops really right up his alley

the title and thumbnail is misleading but i know people who make a living on youtube and all these guys A/B test titles, descriptions, and thumbnail designs, they end up figuring out what gets clicks

This probably should be discussed in another thread, but youtube titles/thumbnails are universally terrible and really make me feel a deep despair anytime I navigate that site

its annoying and makes me secretly hate him but it seems to work, he gets tons of clicks which is fine by me because his taste tends to be very good. I knew he'd dig these guys

Yeah, definitely doesn't surprise me!

upsilon acrux are at the costume shop right now: sexy nurse? frankenstein's monster?

Ned, Beato actually loved it and was very complimentary

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown)

That’s his clickbait trick. Video title “spotify top 10: is the world ending?” Actual video: “cool chords, i like this”

Well I enjoy this music, would prefer it without the outfits. I like my prog drumming to have few cymbals and excellent groove à la Saunier and this does it for me. Several of my friends think this is vacuous bullshit (“Cirque De Soliel does Ruins”) but I enjoy very much

Well I enjoy this music, would prefer it without the outfits.

boy, have I got one of the six senses for you....

Microtonal Battles (who I think, like a few other bands of that era, put out some of their best work after most people had stopped noticing or caring)

Gloss Drop is such a great record, and yet I know so many people are snobbish about it (the ones after kill too)

KEXP at it again with teh squiggly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZZfkLkv-30

Ha, I love the subset if things that are equally awesome and annoying.

Feel like all these guys should be forced to wear elaborate conceptual costumes now, just like how all Brit rock bands 1972-1973 had to put on a bit of eyeliner and spandex.

Listening to these folks, I can't help but think of Circle - both gutted and glad that the latter somehow never (yet) went viral and exploded in popularity in the same way.

tell that to the heaving crowd at the Pharaoh Overlord gig I was at the other week!

Oh, not to say Circle et al aren't popular, but AG seem to be suddenly 'massive' (eg decent sized gig sold out in seconds here, everyone talking about them).

It's not an especially deep comparison from me anyway and I'm sure there are plenty of other better touchstones, but the weird yet catchy nature of the music and the costumes and slight theatricality of it do make me think of Finland's finest ("best band in the world" - me, circa 2012).

That's great to hear re Pharaoh Overlord - was that London?

AG = AdP, sorry, messed up my own abbreviation

It was London. Great show, the sequel to 6 is sounding awesome

I was at the Club Soda show on good Friday, and it was a madhouse. Whiney's p4k review is dead-on, it's some of the most danceable mathy rock I've ever heard, it translates extremely well to a packed room. People seem genuinely hungry for indie rock that remembers to rock, and the overall vibe was incredibly joyous.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWuLh6jGh6d/?igsh=eDN3eGpqYnBteW11

IMO Big Ears should book the Finnish Circle as well as members of Chick Corea's Circle at the same festival: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_(American_band)

a group these guys made me think of not mention in chris' review is goat (jp)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PMiiLN-Xno

Circle Squared

xpost to crüt, the naming possibilities for the 'super group' would be worth it alone.

think I just heard one of their songs during an MLB bumper before an ad break, crazy

Well just came across these guys (without knowing how viral they've become) and 60 seconds into the opening track of Fabienk and I'm looking at trying to see these guys live... NOPE. Freakin' everything's sold out already and they come here in August?! Whoa

But seriously these guys are insane and just like exactly what I was looking for in my musical diet right now. Their aesthetics and Kaufmanesque sense of humor certainly adds to the mystique! Curious how they perform live - as simply a duo? That guitar/bass player must be insane to see

Well just came across these guys (without knowing how viral they've become) and 60 seconds into the opening track of Fabienk and I'm looking at trying to see these guys live... NOPE

lol same (except I knew they were viral), uk dates in october sold out.

king gizzard has these guys at their colorado festival in august.

the sales history of their two albums on Discogs is absurd, multiple people paying $200-350 for them every day, like guys you know they're going to get repressed sooner rather than later right???

frogbs not only otm, but really soon! just saw a post from End of An Ear that they've got pre-orders live to represses of both album.

So have Norman Records

Resident too
https://www.resident-music.com/collection/coming-soon?

hah yeah no shit, I mean I get wanting to have originals but I'm guessing these represses will be basically identical, it's not like these are OG Yedza Urfa records from 50 years ago or anything

is one of these guys Anklepants?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb4bCgWkZRc

Personally I'm just glad to see they'll be getting CDs too.

I have never seen that Anklepants video before and now I am obsessed.

Dunno why one would want to hear the music without the costumes. Hatfield & the North already exist. I for one put on my glamrock Mr Noseybonk outfit every time I listen to these guys

I heard these on the radio a couple of days and shazammed it, so guess I'm on team AdP now

hell yeah thanks for the pre-order links everyone

Venue was upgraded here, but tickets again disappeared in a flash (faster than I could secure them).

Also, never encountered Anklepants before, wow.

Anklepants killed a guy in Cologne with his vocorder/knife thingee. He doesn't like to talk about it.

So I must have watched a lot of videos of these guys, the instagram algorithm just fed me a post from someone I don’t follow that revealed who they are. Apparently they have three other (supposedly very good) albums out under their previous name. But I understand they don’t want to ruin the privacy so I kind of wish I hadn’t seen the post.

They are very good and Bandcamp has them without the credits that they used to have.

Love this: kids adding zip ties to their guitar necks to do Angine de Poitrine covers.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTk97HEaH/

Gonna see them at Newport Jazz this summer!

They're in the Riot Fest lineup this fall, which seems like a good context for people to discover them.

It's funny to see Sex Pistols-minus-Lydon right above Public Image Ltd.

Angine de Poitrine and Insane Clown Posse have a lot in common if you think about it.

they’re massively popular with normies in quebec, anecdotally. playing a free outdoor show at the montreal jazz fest, i feel like there’s going to be thousands of people in attendance

after selli g out the 450-capacity Atlantis in DC six months before the show in September, they added a show at the Lincoln Theater, about three times the Atlantis’ capacity, and sold out in minutes.