Self-Titled Debut LP Out 11/19 Via La Tribu
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Photo Cred: Jean François Sauvé
LISTEN/WATCH & SHARE: AXLAUSTADE - "axl au state" BELOW

"['axl au stade'] showcases the band's modern approach to a beloved genre." - Bass Magazine

"Revolves around distorted, reverb-heavy melodies while nodding to grungy shoegaze sounds." - Indie88

"[Takes] some of the familiar features of that well-worn genre and throwing in elements of wandering post-rock guitars, metronomic kosmischemusik beats, and shoegaze-y pedal explosions." - Joyzine

"potent and primal" - Rebel Noise

"Distorted and reverb heavy with nods to icons of grunge/shoegaze past, ‘axl au stade’ stakes out this Montreal trio’s place in grunge’s future." - Psychedelic Baby Magazine

AXLAUSTADE, an instrumental grunge trio hailing from Montreal, announce their debut self-titled LP, AXLAUSTADE (due November 19 via La Tribu). Today, the band also shared the record's lead single + video, "axl au stade," premiered via Bass Magazine. Distorted and reverb heavy with nods to icons of grunge/shoegaze past, "axl au stade" stakes out this Montreal trio's place in grunge's future.

The band shares it's inspiration for the title track, "It's a clin-d’oeil to the riot that took place in 1992 at the Montreal Olympic Stadium, after Axl Rose told everybody to go home 20 minutes into the set. Metallica’s show was also stopped when James Hetfield was badly injured by pyrotechnics. Faith No More was the only band that played an entire set that night. The song opens with feedback and a massive drum and bass guitar pickup. It gives the impression that you're in the middle of the crowd. The guitar plays a solid theme and switches from minor to major which gives the feeling of openness and urgency." Self-described as, grunge of the future as a new path, an instrumental friendship.

The record was recorded in Montreal by Éric Lamothe, mixed in Los Angeles by Justin Raisen (Kim Gordon, Viagra Boys, Charli XCX), and mastered in Los Angeles by Mike Bozzi (Grammy Award-winner for "This Is America," Childish Gambino.)

AXLAUSTADE language of an era

a decade of used illusions and promising riffs

he remembers the eighth of august nineteen-ninety-two in turmoil and decibels

but prefers to imagine things differently

he likes the optimism of various reverbs and birdsongs

AXLAUSTADE towards a silkier new beginning

dozens and dozens of hours jamming in a dark room

and luminous mornings

AXLAUSTADE forgot some of his alternate tunings

all ears to mysticism and rodeo stories

he dreams of a daytime festival and of something to offer

AXLAUSTADE lyricless soundtrack to made-up stories

love of music

lifelines running deep in hand palms

after an albini rendezvous gone kaput

after a cry in the night heard by a mixer of the american west coast beaches

after the feedback of small amplifiers under a plexiglass of freedom

three boys and a pair of electronic bongos

grunge of the future as a new path

an instrumental friendship

979 years before the third millennium AXLAUSTADE invites himself into your home

no sweat

played by steve dumas, francis mineau and jonathan dauphinais

he is now ready to befriend you

AXLAUSTADE - TRACKLISTING
01. respiration
02. axl au stade
03. ouverture
04. oui no na
05. visiblectronic
06. paruline
07. beethoven (seattle bongos)
08. tingwick
09. feu de joie
10. nuages