Today is an artist that I'm not
sure all of you are going to dig, but with it being the day before Friday
I'm feeling adventurous, so we're going to see what happens. The act
that I speak of is Duchess Says, and the email about them that arrived in my
inbox yesterday immediately caught my attention. Apparently, they're
pretty well known in Montreal and have played a lot of major festivals,
toured with cool people and have done the whole SXSW thing. Sure, a
lot of bands are in that same boat, but most of them haven't done it without
a real official release. This quartet has pretty much just been
getting by over the years with positive word of mouth, and that's
impressive. The long awaited debut, Anthologie Des 3 Perchoirs,
will be available starting September 2. Enjoy.
:Duchess
Says - Ccut Up:
After repeated listens of this song I've come to realize
that I don't even know where to start when it comes to
probably describing it or giving it a genre. The music
is just crazy with wild synths, crunching guitars and a
relentless pace that will probably leave most of you
standing in a distorted sonic storm of confusion. And
Annie-Claude Deschene's wail? Yeah, to me it sounds
like a mature Be Your Own Pet's Jemina Pearl after an
eternity of touring and who knows what else. If you're
ready for this then you'll know immediately. If not,
save it for later. Once it makes sense you'll be
thoroughly impressed, trust me.
I'd never heard
In Serial until I saw this little artsy video on
Youtube, but even with the song above as a reference point I
was still caught off guard on how aggressive and weird it
is. Check it out.
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