Population II is the Montreal-based combo of singer/drummer Pierre-Luc Gratton, guitarist/keyboardist Tristan Lacombe, and bassist Sébastien Provençal. They play a poppy and propulsive yet adventurous brand of psych-rock that has landed them tour dates with the OSEES and strikes me as a nice pairing with fellow francophone locals Corridor. (Dungen and Tame Impala also come to mind.) Today they’re announcing Maintenant Jamais, the follow-up to 2023’s Électrons libres du québec, a...
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Population II is the Montreal-based combo of singer/drummer Pierre-Luc Gratton, guitarist/keyboardist Tristan Lacombe, and bassist Sébastien Provençal. They play a p... more info