by Dan Goldin (@post_trash_)
When Montreal’s Feeling Figures released their debut EP back in 2021 it felt like the start of something great. While only three songs long, each track highlighted something special amid blown out garage pop and sludgy lo-fi. Led by songwriters Zakary Slax and Kay Moon and rounded out with Thomas Molander and Joe Chamandy, the quartet use their duel vocal approach to great effect, offering sweet but subtle melodies that string along between some rather shimmering dissonance. Set to release their full length debut, Migration Magic, on November 24th via K Records (Treepeople, Calvin Johnson, Beat Happening) and Perennial Death (Hartle Road, Ribbon Stage, Almond Joy), the ten songs make good on the promise of their debut, and then some, proving Feeling Figures to be one of the most exciting new fuzzy punk bands around.
Having recently shared the dreamy pop splendor of “Across The Line,” a song led by Moon’s deeply buried vocal melody and impossibly cool guitars, Feeling Figures are sharing their latest, “Movement”. Immediately engaging, the band opt for surging power-pop tinged punk, ripping with a garage riff that feels rattled from amps on the fritz, the steady charge of momentum matched with enormous hooks and more than a few raw solos. With vocals from Slax (and harmonies galore courtesy of Moon), it has a simplicity that’s equal parts muscle and charm, a true ripper with a gracious ease. This is syrupy fuzz at its finest, memorable but also a bit unpredictable, with gluey licks and mesmerizing splintered pop.