“The moment we started playing with it, we just laughed”: Viral duo Angine de Poitrine have become one of the most talked-about bands on the planet – and microtonal guitar has been the key to their unlikely success

Angine de Poitrine performing on KEXP, 2026.

Oddball Quebec duo Angine de Poitrine are blowing up online – their recent KEXP performance has racked up over 3.5 million views. And at the heart of their music is a crudely put-together microtonal guitar that has unlocked otherworldly possibilities for guitarist Khn de Poitrine.

Drawing parallels with Jack White’s half-guitar, half-bass ‘Ugly Stick,’ the guitar’s guitar/bass double-neck design is defined by its completely bonkers fret spacing. We’ve seen some intruiging double-necks in our time – Bumblefoot’s fretless monster comes to mind – but this is a different beast.