A Montreal band that made guitar-driven indie rock in French, active from 2004 to 2015.
If you're new to them, 'Étienne d'Août' and 'Montréal -40°C' are good places to start. They frame that guitar-driven, slightly chilly Montreal sound pretty well.
They were one of those bands that felt like a secret handshake for a certain kind of music fan, especially in Quebec and beyond. Songs like 'Étienne d'Août' have this driving, melodic pull that sticks with you. Pitchfork called them 'one of the most exciting bands in North America right now' back in their prime, which gives you a sense of the moment they captured.
They formed in Montreal in 2004 and put out four albums, starting with 'Trompe-l'Oeil' in 2006 and ending with 'La Caverne' in 2014. Guitarist Mathieu Cournoyer left in 2012, and the band went on indefinite hiatus in 2015.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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