“The whole idea of the band was to assume a bit of a satirical approach to rock music”: Angine de Poitrine, the viral math rock band, reveal that their microtonal approach started as an “inside joke”

Angine de Poitrine press shot.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock without WiFi for the past month or so, you’ll know the Canadian microtonal math rock duo, Angine de Poitrine, has blown up beyond belief. But it was never meant to be like this.

They’ve just released their second album, which was propelled into the limelight after a KEXP performance that went viral at lightning pace – it has 9.6 million views at the time of writing – and their double-necked microtonal guitar/bass hybrid has taken the gear world by storm. Even Dave Grohl’s a fan.