2120

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2120 is a rock group based in the Mile End borough of Montréal. Born in Sherbrooke, Québec, brothers Maxime and Gabriel Blackburn started playing together at a young age. They completed the line-up in 2015 with the inclusion of class-clown-turned-frontman Billy St. Onge, and took on the moniker of 2120, shortly thereafter relocating the group to Montréal. Their debut album, <a href="spotify:album:6CbIAiMgjvIloLzlgx5oR6" data-name="2120 in Spectacular Physical Health">2120 in Spectacular Physical Health</a>, appeared in the Spring of 2022. Produced by the renowned Jace Lasek (<a href="spotify:artist:3kjuyTCjPG1WMFCiyc5IuB" data-name="Arcade Fire">Arcade Fire</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7bPs6jf983f0bjRAt1yxDM" data-name="Patrick Watson">Patrick Watson</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3UkN1XeK2D4wD4uhtJx4vb" data-name="SUUNS">SUUNS</a>) it features ten sharp, punchy songs. Leitmotivs and harmonic palettes deploy within the songs’ opening seconds, serving as the bedrock of a process that display a degree of cohesion and refinement evoking a unique yet no less intoxicating combination of Brahms and American pop. The confessional, reflective lyrics are interpreted by singer Billy St. Onge, whose voice and presence has been likened to <a href="spotify:artist:7GaxyUddsPok8BuhxN6OUW" data-name="James Brown">James Brown</a> for its audacity and <a href="spotify:artist:0oSGxfWSnnOXhD2fKuz2Gy" data-name="David Bowie">David Bowie</a> for its irresistible energy by Amélie Revert of Canal Auditif. He is the kind of singer that can crystallize a text into material form, transforming mere words into a physical, palpable experience. Following a string of shows across Montreal’s concert halls, bars and alleyways in the summer of 2022, 2120 then hunkered down to record a new self-produced single. Entitled <a href="spotify:album:3q0BDoj3dQ7WZq2EGjp1W9" data-name="Tell Me How or When">Tell Me How or When</a>, the song delivers sophisticated melodies and sonic effects enshrouded in pop psychedelia.