Solids – Blank Stare

Solids
Solids (Photo courtesy of Hive Mind)

(If you like: Dinosaur Jr., Japandroids, Divine Fits) 

Since the success of their 2014 debut album Blame Confusion, Montreal post-punk duo Solids have spent the past year touring extensively with the likes of METZ, Single Mothers, and PUPNow, the pair are releasing their follow-up EP Else on April 15th, and have shared the lead single “Blank Stare”.

Composed of vocalist/guitarist Xavier Germain-Poitras, and drummer  Louis Guillemette, the two former-hardcore musicians have simmered down into a mid-’90s alt-grunge outfit, accurately melting together chords with melancholic, subtle hints of anxiety and self-destruction in their lyrics.

Listen to the slow-burning, distortion filled track below and head to their website for more information on the record, plus you can catch them on tour (dates below).

Tour dates:

02/27/16 – This Aint Hollywood, Hamilton, ON %
02/28/16 – Horsehose Tavern, Toronto, ON %
03/03/16 – The Oxford, Peterborough, ON
03/04/16 – Run Runners, London, ON %
03/05/16 – Detour Music Hall, Ste Catharines, ON %
03/19/16 – Mont Comi, Snowmission, Rimouski, QC
04/02/16 – Pub Heriot, Drummondville, QC
04/08/16 – Petite Boite Noire, Sherbrooke, QC &
04/09/16 – Zaricot, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC &
04/15/16 – Centre Patrick Lepage, Mirabel, QC
04/16/16 – Méduse, Québec, QC &
04/20/16 – Townhouse, Sudbury, ON
04/21/16 – Working Class, Timmins, ON
04/22/16 – Cabaret de la Dernière Chance, Rouyn-Noranda, QC
04/23/16 – Petit Chicago, Gatineau, QC
04/29/16 – Salle des Scouts, Victoriaville, QC
04/30/16 – Sous Bois, Chicoutimi, QC
05/05/16 – O’Briens, Boston, MA #
05/06/16 – Palisades, Brooklyn, NY #
05/07/16 – Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia, PA #
05/08/16 – Songbyrd, Washington, DC #
05/09/16 – Black Forge, Pittsburg, PA #
05/10/16 – Big Room Bar, Columbus, OH #
05/11/16 – Subterranean, Chicago, IL #
05/12/16 – Macs, Lansing, MA #
05/14/16 – Ritz PBD, Montréal, QC #

% – w/ The Dirty Nil
& – w/ Dernier Sex
# – w/ Stove, Clique

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