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Pop · 2003 · 7 tracks · 22m

A Pollinaire Rave

of Montreal

A collection of fragile, lo-fi demos and sketches. Stripped-back acoustic melodies and surrealist lyrics captured on tape before the band's shift to glam-funk.

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It's like finding a lost cassette of 60s pop songs recorded in a haunted dollhouse.

A quiet, imaginative retreat into surrealist storytelling and bedroom-pop vulnerability.

A Pollinaire Rave · vs · of Montreal
Low Energy-1.9σ

It runs notably cooler and more held-back than this artist's baseline.

Tracklist · 7 Tracks · 22m
01
How Lester Lost His Wife (demo)
2:42
02
Chrissy Kiss the Corpse (demo)
2:42
03
City Bird (demo)
3:03
04
Erroneous Escape Into Eric Eckles (demo)
2:46
05
Everything About Her Is Wrong
3:07
06
Epistle to a Pathological Creep
4:27
07
Eros' Entropic Tundra (demo)
3:25
Moments Worth Waiting For
The tape hiss that introduces the demo version of How Lester Lost His Wife, grounding the melody in a fragile, domestic space.
The intricate, multi-tracked vocal harmonies on Everything About Her Is Wrong that recall 60s sunshine pop through a lo-fi filter.
The way the piano chords on City Bird feel slightly out of tune, adding a layer of charming, unpolished melancholy.
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