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They’re the hyper-galactic duo who’ve taken the music world by storm.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past six months, there’s been no escaping the hype surrounding Angine de Poitrine – a mysterious masked pair whose brand of self-coined Mantra-Rock Dada Pythagorean-Cubist Orchestra has been melting faces and brains for good measure.
Going by the names Khn and Klek de Poitrine, they’ve sold out their entire UK tour and beyond without anyone knowing who they really are.
Their identities are hidden by bizarre masks – Khn has a long, prosthetic nose and a light-up inverted pyramid hat, for example – and polka-dotted jump suits. They speak in their own language, too, communicating in bleeps and groans. Seeing is believing.
Their incredible Live on KEXP set has racked up a dizzying 13million views and counting in just three months, turning them into one of the buzziest acts of the last decade.
Metro was there to witness their show at London’s Electric Ballroom – one that had to be upgraded from the Scala due to immense demand.
Some fans wore makeshift Angine de Poitrine hats and polka-dotted clothing in homage to their new overlords from space.
Montreal rockers Yoo Doo Right provided captivating support but the packed venue was there for only one thing – Khn and Klek.
The ‘brothers’ walk out to a roar and a sea of triangular hand signals. A gig-goer provides the perfect quote: ‘What the f*** are we about to witness?’.
For all the alien-like visuals, the music is genuinely other-worldly.
Khn lays into complex melodies on a double-necked, microtonal guitar while Klek pummels the drums so powerfully they could be heard beyond the Milky Way.
Vocals are at a minimum but the crowd doesn’t need them – they’re too busy singing along to riffs.
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Mosh pits and crowd surfing erupt to their frantic brand of hypnotic space rock.
Between songs, Khn and Klek hold up their hands in triangular shapes, mirrored back by the crowd in a cult-like manner.
They warble to each other in their native ‘language’. Have you ever heard an ET scream ‘London’? Those at the Electric Ballroom now have.
So captivated were the crowd that at times it felt like we were witnessing the birth of a new, interdimensional religion.
They play for more than an hour but it goes by in a flash. Leaving the venue, Metro overhears someone say: ‘That was absolutely bonkers.’ It truly was.
Forget Trump releasing the UFO files, these aliens are the real deal.
They’re touching down at London’s Troxy on October 19. Do not miss out.