Bands to Check Out If You’re Into Angine de Poitrine
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Quebec’s Angine de Poitrine sit in a really interesting lane. They pull in elements from psychedelic rock, Anatolian sounds, and progressive structures, but nothing feels overly academic or sterile. There’s repetition and groove. And a fresh unpredictability from the overall weirdness. If you’ve spent time with Vol. 1 or Vol. 2, you’ve probably already noticed how wide their influences stretch - which means there’s a wellspring of similar artists worth exploring.
Here are few bands that hit different corners of that same sonic world.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
If Angine de Poitrine’s microtonal moments grabbed you - especially on Vol. 2 - King Gizzard is the obvious next step. The catalog is vast a varied, but Flying Microtonal Banana is the key record here. The band leans hard into non-Western scales, creating that hypnotic, slightly “off-center” feeling. Pushing beyond the 12 notes the western scale really changes thing right off the bat.
Altın Gün tap directly into the Anatolian rock lineage that Angine de Poitrine flirt with. Think traditional Turkish melodies run through fuzz pedals and modern psych production. There’s a strong rhythmic pulse here - less jagged than Angine, but just as transportive. If you’re into the global psych angle and want something a bit more danceable, this is an easy win.
Hella
On the more chaotic end of the spectrum, Hella brings out the math rock energy that occasionally bubbles up in Angine de Poitrine’s playing. Devil Isn’t Red Is is dense, technical, and relentless. Where Angine might lock into a groove, Hella tends to explode out of it - but the shared DNA is in the precision and the sense that anything could pivot at any moment.
Some of the guitar work on Angine de Poitrine Vol. 1 feels spiritually aligned with Mdou Moctar’s desert blues style. It’s all about the riffs, they are cyclical and trance-inducing. Mdou’s playing has a raw, kinetic energy that mirrors Angine de Poitrine at their most locked-in, where a single motif can carry an entire track.
Where to Go Next....
What makes Angine de Poitrine so compelling is how they blur lines. It's a blend of psych, prog, global influences, and math rock - all colliding without feeling forced. The bands above each represent a different piece of that puzzle.
If you’re digging through records and want to expand outward from Angine de Poitrine, this is a solid map of essential listens that pair perfectly.
