ALIX FERNZ - Symphonie Publicitaire Sous Influence LP (colour vinyl)

Limited edition fluorescent yellow colour vinyl.

Highly recommended.

Sophomore full-length opens with an amalgam of dissonant synthetic chords, off-kilter rhythms, and inhuman voices, Alix Fernz immediately reaffirming his penchant for magnificently sordid arrangements and exquisitely acidic sounds.

In further crafting his "post-punk meets weirdo new wave alt-pop menagerie" (Cult MTL), Fernz pulls us right back into the shadowy depths of Montreal's zona rosa, delivering 10 tracks that are as offbeat as they are compassionate.

Propelled by a motorik rhythm section that underpins biting guitars and synthesizers ripped straight from an 80s psychotronic movie soundtrack, songs from Symphonie publicitaire sous influence chronicle a glamorous lifestyle fueled by excess.

Alix Fernz adopts an allocentric viewpoint, exploring the struggles of a community that has traded daylight for an overdose of neon, and in doing so, shares his own experience of this delinquent idyll.