Dans la gueule des jours

iTunes Review

First of all, Montreal is not France, so we don’t have to go into the whole “French bands don’t rock, but…" thing here. Second, Montreal is home to some of the most feral bands of the moment (Mark Sultan/BBQ, King Khan, We Are Wolves, etc.), so if you’re just now finding this out, well, welcome to the soirée. Though they sing in Quebecois French and have that ... er .... interesting name, Les Breastfeeders have done well in the Canadian music scene, yet retain the edge that made us all take notice in the first place. Dans La Gueule Des Jours is the band’s third record, and while ye-ye flavored ballads like “Betty Lou” and “Si Je Retiens La Nuit” (sung by Suzie McLelove) sweeten things up, there are plenty of barbed, mosh-worthy numbers that counter:  “Le Monde Tourne...” opens with a wall of barreling guitars, “La Lune À Blâmer” kicks sand in the face with Beach Boys’ flavored punk, and “Danser Sur Ma Tombe” feels like the glorious days of 1978. Luc Brien shouts his way through the raucous tunes like he swallowed fire and can’t find water; you can hardly rock more than that.