New band of the day – No 933: Braids

This freewheeling Canadian quartet make experimental dream-pop delivered through a shoegaze hazeHometown: Montreal.The lineup: Raphaelle Standell-Preston (lead vocals, guitar), Austin Tufts (drums, vocals), Katie Lee (keyboards, vocals), Taylor Smith (bass, guitar, drums, vocals).The background: Braids are a new group of young musicians from Montreal via Calgary in Canada, all in their late teens or early twenties, who are making the sort of noise that is attracting the sort of praise that could...

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