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Brice: ‘So this is the first time we play Montoire on London Café, what did you think of the song Gen?’ (talking about Jesus on a Saturday Night)
Gen: ‘I like the voices all together and the kind of I don’t give a fuck attitude.’
Brice: ‘Yes, the vocals and the structure remind me a bit of Supergrass.’
- CISM Radio 89,3 FM (London Café show)
Long gone are the heydays of Britpop: the geek charm of Pulp, the androgyny of Suede and of course, the feud between Blur and Oasis. However, those last 2 acts just appeared to have inspired Montreal’s Montoire, a band that worships all the decadence of the late 90’s coke infused music of the Brit scene. With Jesus on a Saturday Night, they bring to our ears a bloated sound that includes a stomping beat mixed with Dandy Warholesque vocals, spooky keyboard and the lovable cliché of a helicopter sound. Will this joyful pop gem be enough to resuscitate a brit pop craze? We’ll just have to wait and see… - Buffet Magazine
Brice: ‘So this is the first time we play Montoire on London Café, what did you think of the song Gen?’ (talking about Jesus on a Saturday Night)
Gen: ‘I like the voices all together and the kind of I don’t give a fuck attitude.’
Brice: ‘Yes, the vocals and the structure remind me a bit of Supergrass.’
- CISM Radio 89,3 FM (London Café show)
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Montoire will be playing their first show in New York in December 2008 supporting the band The Rosewood Thieves known for their song Los Angeles heard in the hit series Entourage.
The swaggering guitars of Montoire were heard all summer in bars and clubs in the Montreal area and in Eastern Canada.
Alex and Sam founded the band with a microphone, a laptop and a Rickenbaker. Although their songs were recorded with synth and many layers of drum loops, their live performances stick to a simple punk alignment with real drum, bass and guitar. They try to be the missing link between mid-90's brit-pop, rock n' roll of the late 60's and the punk of the early 80's. Imagine Lou Reed, John Lennon and Marilyn Manson writing songs together that would be performed onstage by Noel Gallagher, Johnny Rotten and Damon Albarn. Of course, Montoire is not pretentious enough to make you believe that they are anywhere near those idols but the image remains.
Their first EP will be out by the end of November and the band will then double the energy to promote the album and get a lot of gigs.
Montoire is a young and dynamic band that sells a fragile punk attitude. Despite their spitting onstage and the black humor in their lyrics, Alex and Sam are typical Canadian bleeding hearts that are always ready to swig a few GT’s with anyone after the show.
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