Arguably one of the most talked about bands, space-time voyagers of Klek and Khn de Poitrine follow up with Vol. II.

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It first started out as a joke. Having been told they could not perform in back-to-back weeks at the same venue, guitarist Khn and drummer Klek wrapped themselves in polka-dot papier-mâché costumes so they can play twice unbeknown to the local audience who undoubtedly lapped up the spectacle. As is the rest of the world doing right now. Jettisoned by a performance on radio station KEXP – which amassed over 6 million views – the off-world, off-colour dissonance of French-Canadian Angine de Poitrine has jumped from a prank to global intrigue and wonder overnight. Polka, polka – Angine are our music industry poster boys.

A distinctively stark-raving sound of oscillating double-neck microtonal guitar and sprightly drum patterns, the pair once traversed the cosmos in search of hypnotic sound and vision. Now, as Earth’s rock deities, Klek and Khn make rock ‘n’ roll for the sheer love of it.

It’s highly mesmerising, highly complex and totally impressive. It’s math rock at its finest. Released in 2024, their first volume sat in the hands of the local and the 5%. Now, it currently sits as Discogs’ most wanted record internationally. Their second volume – released this Friday – is surely expected to do the same.

Especially with the likes of Fabienk kicking off proceedings. Odd-time glitchy stabs tune into an asymmetrical 6-minute dance of reckless abandon. It’s a feeling that Angine fans are all too familiar with. It’s that same familiarity that’s littered throughout this record. Mata Zyklek – another inhabitant on the infamous KEXP video – is a splurge of robotic assembly, all wrapped up in a funky little bouquet of instrumental mastery.

Sarniezz is another quizzical exploration of time and unbounded rock, of the psychedelic kind. Utzp offers up a kind of ragtime tomfoolery before it blasts into a brazen offloading of spectral sound – it’s all rather fun. The ending of Yor Zarad sounds like a fervent bug boss fight, jittery and strident in design while Angor – the records’ last hurrah – sees the duo at their most stripped back, creating their most tonal sense of sound, reflecting on one magnanimous rise to the top.

A representation of hypnotic sound and vision, there’s a reason Angine de Poitrine why are one of this planets’ marvels. It’s quite possibly nothing you’ve ever heard before.

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