Avec Plaisir Is Back After Critically Acclaimed Debut
Montreal Emo Fathers Avec Plaisir Are Back With Their New Single, "Junji Burrito" After Critically Acclaimed 2022 Debut LP
"...Every second of An Album radiates with the joy of artists revisiting the music of their youth with a sense of purpose and chops that can only be accessed with age."
- UPROXX “The Best Emo Albums Of 2022”
“Avec Plaisir is your new favorite band. They take the best aspects of bands like Gulfer, Pictures of Vernon, or Stars Hollow, blending mathy riffs, gruff vocals, and earworm melodies.” - The Alternative
"...not distractingly bad" - RateYourMusic User cal50
FFO: Free Throw, Gulfer, Pictures of Vernon
Genres: Emo, Math-rock, Punk
Stream "Junji Burrito" Everywhere
Dive into the whimsical world of Avec Plaisir's latest track, "Junji Burrito," where emo riffs intertwine with quirky anecdotes. On "Junji Burrito" the band delivers possibly their most pop-forward track to date, encapsulating the thrill of a Dungeons & Dragons adventure while effortlessly blending in the frustrations of a cheese-related mishap during a summer escapade. This track is sure to both keep the aging emo revival crowd satiated with their blend of math rock and punk, as well as leave new fans grinning with the band's distinctive charm.
Listen to "Junji Burrito" everywhere now and get ready for their new LP, Active Listening, out this winter via Really Rad Records.
Vocalist/songwriter Sam Winsor on the song:
“‘Junji Burrito’ is a song about a Dungeons & Dragons session and my friend Dave’s frustration with his cheese becoming soaked with water in the cooler from the summer heat. Wild stuff. Probably our poppiest song yet.”
About The Band
Although they’ve been playing together since 2019, Avec Plaisir really came to life in 2022. With the release of their debut LP, the modestly titled An Album, they built on everything impressive about their Demos for Dave and I Don’t Really Car EPs. Throwing emo, math rock, punk, and even flashes of post-rock into a blender, the Montreal foursome have honed their craft.
From the second that noodly riff kicks in on “Jarry St.” following the introductory ambiance of “Junction Before Jarry St.” it’s full speed ahead. “Julien’s Song” and “Jabroni” give the band a chance to flex their pop rock muscles and turn in some of the catchiest hooks on the record, and the instrumental “Jeopardy Answers” leans into full math, bursting and twinkling like an auditory sparkler.
The stop-start cadence of “Jujube” is so mesmerizing it’s easy to miss the fact that it’s about a dog–but, really, doesn’t that just make it all the more endearing? By the time the gang vocals at the end of closer “Jambalaya” have been buried under looping riffs, it’s only been 25 minutes. What a pleasure indeed.
Stream "Junji Burrito" Everywhere
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IG - https://www.instagram.com/avecplaisirband
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Website - https://avecplaisirband.com
Bandcamp - https://avecplaisir.bandcamp.com
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