Les Angles Morts is a self-described "psychedelic video art rock" band from Montreal. Their live show combines video projections with synths, guitars, drum and bass. After a series of technological mishaps and long-distance phone tag, Andrea Chiu finally caught up with synthesizer/guitarist, Myles Broscoe. He, along with Brendan Reed (drums and bass), Kyle Fostner (guitar and synthesizer), and Owain Lawson (synthesizer and drums) make up Les Angles Morts.

IS THERE AN INTERESTING STORY BEHIND YOUR NAME? WHAT IS IT?We had just arrived in Quebec, and in driving through the province, one sees many signs saying, "Les angles morts- voyez-y!" which means, "Be wary of blind spots!" We decided to form this visually-based band, and I was having many car-wreck inspired dreams, about which I was making videos. Owain suggested it, and it seemed to fit well with all these different ideas, so we went with it.

WHAT ARE YOUR MUSICAL INFLUENCES? WHAT ARE YOUR FILM INFLUENCES?
We seem to fixate intensely on certain things, worship them, and get over them, so it's difficult to say. Recently, the Woodstock documentary was a shared revelatory experience, but these things change so quickly, that it's very hard to pinpoint influences.

FILM AND MUSIC SEEM LIKE A NATURAL FIT, BUT WHAT INSPIRED LES ANGLES MORTS TO BLEND THE TWO TOGETHER?
I can't remember any more specifically why we started this thing, but now it seems perfectly natural. I find it sort of difficult to conceive of music without images. I guess when I was younger, I was obsessed with film soundtracks, but what we do is very different.

WHAT CAME FIRST'”THE IMAGE OR THE BEAT?
We used to feel strongly about starting with the images, but those distinctions are very blurred at this point.

ARE THE RUMOURS TRUE? IS THE MONTREAL MUSIC SCENE REALLY TAKING OVER THE WORLD?
Who knows, but it is a very surreal place to live sometimes.

WHAT'S THE NAME OF YOUR NEW CD, WHEN'S IT COMING OUT, AND WHY SHOULD PEOPLE BUY IT?
The CD is called What's Real?, which refers to a specific point in our lives, as well as a general confusion with social interaction, and our decision to push our music and ourselves in strange directions. It's been a phrase that we come back to again and again in the face of weird times, which seem to happen often. It will be officially released in September, but we will be selling it on this tour. People
should buy it because, aside from the music, which is described above. The Seripop cover is beautiful.