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From<\/strong> Saguenay, Quebec In 2023, two young men \u2013 their earthly identities a jealously guarded secret \u2013 began \u201ca joke that spilled into reality\u201d intended to simulate something like its namesake heart condition. Weary of the solemn aura that attaches to guitar rock, they began playing what their website describes as \u201cmantra-rock dada pythago-cubiste\u201d as Angine de Poitrine. It is a joke delivered with mesmerising finesse<\/a>.<\/p>\n Khn is the alien guitar virtuoso, living an absurdist guitar-hero dream with a twin neck microtonal lead-and-bass whose lines are woven together with elaborate live-looping pedals. His face is hidden behind a priapically long nose, while Klek by contrast is a \u201cstoic\u201d labourer at the drum kit, with a drooping, disappointed-looking proboscis. You can see where the dada bit in their brand comes from as the pair, who play facing each other in yin-yang polka dot robes, also wear handmade papier-mache headdresses that would not have looked out of place at the original Cabaret Voltaire.<\/p>\n The music matches the oddness of the costumes. There is a good deal of shredding metal as you\u2019d expect, but it\u2019s alongside some real surprises. On Fabienk you can hear microtonal flourishes reminiscent of James \u201cBlood\u201d Ulmer\u2019s harmolodics. On Mata Zyklek things get distinctly north African. On UTZP there is klezmer in the air. There are occasional vocals, which sound like mumbly Daleks, but there aren\u2019t really conventional songs. Instead, there are hypnotic riffs and grooves, whose proggy time shifts are all in astonishing lockstep, making this as much party music as it is prog. Lindesay Irvine<\/em><\/p>\n
Recommended if you like <\/strong>Holy Fuck, Prescott, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Up next<\/strong> New LP Angine de Poitrine Volume II released 3 April. Touring the UK in May<\/p>\nThis week\u2019s best new tracks<\/h2>\n