Braids

Braids are a group constantly in a state of flux. After starting to make music together in high school, they relocated from Calgary to Montreal, changed their name, and totally reshaped their sound into a mix of folk, experimentation, and ambient electronica heavily influenced by mid-period Animal Collective. While their tight live performances and promising 2011 debut Native Speaker earned them a lot of good press, their upcoming sophomore album Flourish // Perishfinds them on the move, once again. This time, with keyboardist Katie Lee having left the band, they travel a little lighter. And gone as well is their Avey Tare fascination. Come over to hear them with a more introspective and electronic sound reminiscent of vocalist Raphaelle Standell-Preston’s other project, Blue Hawaii.

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