Garnotte: New Quebecois Band With An Older School Sound

[Yves]

New band from Montreal that is sounding like some of the classic Quebec bands of yesteryear. They still have some work to do, but they're on the right path...

[Scrotum Scissor]

Thanks for posting this. It displays attempts at that heavy-rock refinement once heard with Morse Code and Dionysos (their final album) and also sombre melancholy ála Opus-5 and Octobre. Alas, like you said, getting there.

Very few 'modern' acts have been able to pull off that particular (and peculiar) stew; Pangée perhaps, Ére G, a tiny handful of others. Other solid modern Quebecois artists tended to go for completely different approaches.

[Zalmoxe]

Sounds very cool. Any word on a possible release?

[Zappathustra]

Yes! I like this. Lots of promise (but I already told you that elsewhere...)

[Yves]

Thanks for posting this. It displays attempts at that heavy-rock refinement once heard with Morse Code and Dionysos (their final album) and also sombre melancholy ála Opus-5 and Octobre. Alas, like you said, getting there.

Very few 'modern' acts have been able to pull off that particular (and peculiar) stew; Pangée perhaps, Ére G, a tiny handful of others. Other solid modern Quebecois artists tended to go for completely different approaches.

I agree, and there are other tracks on the album that get closer to the mark. Funny thing is, in this particular track, I here a little old school Procupine Tree melancholy also. A band filtering all of its musical likes from different eras.

[Yves]

Sounds very cool. Any word on a possible release?

https://garnotte.bandcamp.com/album/ep-1

Link to their Bandcamp page, for the EP. They also have a single available. If you scroll to the bottom of that page you will see a link to buy a CD of their debut EP.

[Trane]

Merci pour le partage, Yves

Thanks for posting this. It displays attempts at that heavy-rock refinement once heard with Morse Code and Dionysos.

Yeah, these guys have the vintage sounds we all love

https://garnotte.bandcamp.com/album/ep-1

Link to their Bandcamp page, for the EP. They also have a single available. If you scroll to the bottom of that page you will see a link to buy a CD of their debut EP.

I'm probably going to go for both. This is too good not to encourage.

[Yves]

The EP is really good. The last 2 songs in particular.... The single features violin and gives us a slightly different style. I think there is some real promise here.

[Trane]

Played the CD in the car, then on the hi-fi...sounds better on the computer, IM%HO