Q: Your album has a myriad of styles. Was this convergence of style something that was talked about previously playing or did it emerge from playing live?
A: I guess that we took the songs as they came on the spot. We really wanted to be as diverse as possible to avoid being put in a musical box or genre. I think we managed to do that pretty well; we don’t even have a fucking clue what might be on our next album and that’s pretty exciting. No we didn’t really talk about it at first; we had a frame concept that directed the vibes that the album would surf on at this or that point of the record but... not much else.
Q: Since the album is so varied, Is there a particular song you feel defines your overall sound?
A: No, that’s exactly why we did the album like that, to avoid answering these kinds of etiquette questions. We don’t want the listeners to think that they ‘’understood our sound.’’ Where’s the fun if we can’t fuck around with people’s heads and comfort zones.
Q: Can you talk a little bit about your creative process? Where do the songs begin?
A: Justin writes the songs, writes the skeleton, then the songs take life jamming with Kelog and Mantisse before being polished by Louis-Solem Pérot (cello) and Roberto Viglione (production) with some arrangements and studio wizard type magic. Et, voila…can’t say much more the rest is a well government secret.
Q: Have you played live? If so I’d love to know who you guys pull off a live show?
A: We have a full band live with string and brass sections. We like playing live, it gives a bidimensional quality to the record that is way closer to the albums demos which were much more raw and savage ; closer to punk in the kind of ‘’I don’t give a fuck’’ recording and instrumental qualities. We love those demos, we even rather listen to them than to the actual record sometimes because of that live and filthy feeling.
Q: Can you talk a little bit about your lyrics? They are ambiguous and wonderfully absurd.
A: The absurdity and colorful images of the lyrics are intended to blur the ‘’interpretation span’’ of the listener, I mean, I have my interpretation of them and of the album, but it doesn’t mean that my interpretation is the right one. We want to let the listener drown in the lyrics and adapt them to whatever they are living or whatever they want. Isn’t that a lost beauty of poetry and music ? Freedom of interpretation. In that optic I won’t be talking much about the meanings and metaphors that those texts have to offer. I am also very inspired by automatist creative processes used by the DaDa’s, signatories of the ‘’refus global’’ and beatnik poets blended with my Montreal scrub kid sensitivity and naivety. I just try to talk about stuff without wondering if the person next to me will understand perfectly what I am talking about.
Q: What are you plans for 2017?
A :Couple shows; keep writing, maybe get a featuring with Gucci Mane? Who knows?
A: I guess that we took the songs as they came on the spot. We really wanted to be as diverse as possible to avoid being put in a musical box or genre. I think we managed to do that pretty well; we don’t even have a fucking clue what might be on our next album and that’s pretty exciting. No we didn’t really talk about it at first; we had a frame concept that directed the vibes that the album would surf on at this or that point of the record but... not much else.
Q: Since the album is so varied, Is there a particular song you feel defines your overall sound?
A: No, that’s exactly why we did the album like that, to avoid answering these kinds of etiquette questions. We don’t want the listeners to think that they ‘’understood our sound.’’ Where’s the fun if we can’t fuck around with people’s heads and comfort zones.
Q: Can you talk a little bit about your creative process? Where do the songs begin?
A: Justin writes the songs, writes the skeleton, then the songs take life jamming with Kelog and Mantisse before being polished by Louis-Solem Pérot (cello) and Roberto Viglione (production) with some arrangements and studio wizard type magic. Et, voila…can’t say much more the rest is a well government secret.
Q: Have you played live? If so I’d love to know who you guys pull off a live show?
A: We have a full band live with string and brass sections. We like playing live, it gives a bidimensional quality to the record that is way closer to the albums demos which were much more raw and savage ; closer to punk in the kind of ‘’I don’t give a fuck’’ recording and instrumental qualities. We love those demos, we even rather listen to them than to the actual record sometimes because of that live and filthy feeling.
Q: Can you talk a little bit about your lyrics? They are ambiguous and wonderfully absurd.
A: The absurdity and colorful images of the lyrics are intended to blur the ‘’interpretation span’’ of the listener, I mean, I have my interpretation of them and of the album, but it doesn’t mean that my interpretation is the right one. We want to let the listener drown in the lyrics and adapt them to whatever they are living or whatever they want. Isn’t that a lost beauty of poetry and music ? Freedom of interpretation. In that optic I won’t be talking much about the meanings and metaphors that those texts have to offer. I am also very inspired by automatist creative processes used by the DaDa’s, signatories of the ‘’refus global’’ and beatnik poets blended with my Montreal scrub kid sensitivity and naivety. I just try to talk about stuff without wondering if the person next to me will understand perfectly what I am talking about.
Q: What are you plans for 2017?
A :Couple shows; keep writing, maybe get a featuring with Gucci Mane? Who knows?