Freak Heat Waves
Pop Montreal, Montreal QC, Sept. 30
Facing each other as a red light rotated between them, the duo played cuts off this year's Beyond XXXL, each song blending into the next — sometimes more gracefully than others. "Hypnosis? Drugs?" asks a glitched-out sample. We're left wondering what the answer is, as the band seemed lost in their own trance.
By the end we were locked into their introspective soundtrack, rumbling bass and sporadic ghostly melodies needling their way into the darkest corners of our minds.