Sonic Avenues may call Montreal home, but they don't exactly sound the part, something vocalist/guitarist Max Desharnais admits they hear a lot about their dirtied-up power-pop.
"In Montreal now, in our genre, there's maybe only us and Genital Hospital," he says. "In Ottawa, it's booming. We made fast friends [there], and our band progressed in parallel to the scene they have there."
The quartet was received warmly overseas too, and after a successful European tour, returned home freshly sold out of three pressings of their self-titled 2009 debut. The follow-up, Television Youth, sharpens the striking contrast between their punk approach and pop proficiency, a development that put them in the crosshairs of Portland, OR label Dirtnap Records.
"We feel like we're bringing the record home in a sense. Not that we wrote an album to be on a certain label, but Dirtnap released some of the bands that we listen to every day. It totally validates what we're trying to do."
"In Montreal now, in our genre, there's maybe only us and Genital Hospital," he says. "In Ottawa, it's booming. We made fast friends [there], and our band progressed in parallel to the scene they have there."
The quartet was received warmly overseas too, and after a successful European tour, returned home freshly sold out of three pressings of their self-titled 2009 debut. The follow-up, Television Youth, sharpens the striking contrast between their punk approach and pop proficiency, a development that put them in the crosshairs of Portland, OR label Dirtnap Records.
"We feel like we're bringing the record home in a sense. Not that we wrote an album to be on a certain label, but Dirtnap released some of the bands that we listen to every day. It totally validates what we're trying to do."