Atelier Ciseaux

We are documented lovers of the smooth, tender soft rock vibes that have been emanating out of Montreal the past few years, so it probably goes without saying that we've been waiting for this one for a while now, and we're psyched to say it's finally on the horizon just in time for summer...

Montreal's Exit Someone, a group we fell in love with almost a year ago on the strength of their wonderful debut single, follows up a great recent non-EP jam and a low-key beautiful Robert Palmer cover with their first official physical release, out today on Atelier Ciseaux...

Check the self-directed video for another track from Exit Someone's stellar limited Dry Your Eyes cassette (100 copies), out next week on Atelier Ciseaux. Shot in 8mm, Berlin 2016:

Vesuvio Solo drop some hazy, nostalgic VHS visuals for their slinky/seductive single "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", a highlight from the Montreal group's debut full-length Favors, one of the great unsung records of 2014. Directed by Vesuvio Solo + Pat Gregoire, and inspired by classic episodes of the Old Grey Whistle Test and public access television performances...

Our late night go-to jam these days (when not listening to pom pom or PBVSGR, of course) has been Favors, the stellar new cassette release from former TOPS bassist Thom Gillies and Cameron MacLean, aka Vesuvio Solo. The tape's standout track -- a gloriously warped and catchy sophisti-pop gem called "Avion" that's become one of our most played songs of the year in a matter of weeks -- g

Grimes turned us on to her Montreal homies TOPS when she took over our blog back in February, and the band has a limited new white vinyl 7" single due next week on French label Atelier Ciseaux. A-side "Diamond Look" is one of the Fleetwood Mac-indebted highlights from the band's excellent/underrated Tender Opposites LP, and now we have the previously unreleased, dreamy soft-psych

Our new friends at Atelier Ciseaux just sent over their latest release, a forthcoming Jeans Wilder/Best Coast split 7", which is due January 18 and will be limited to 350 copies, featuring two hazy bedroom beach blanket pop jams and appropriately-themed tropical cover art...