Pastel Blank revolves around the songs and voice of songwriter Angus Watt. It is brought to life by an ever-shifting cast of musicians and recurring collaborators from Montréal, Vancouver, and Victoria, and exists somewhere between a “solo” project and a band.

Pastel Blank cloaks experimentation in pop-minded song structure; the sheen and gloss of a disco ball glints off the edges of sharp, angular post-punk sensibilities. The groove is a morse code stutter; there is funkiness, but it is tempered by a wide-eyed

nervousness, as if the songs themselves aren’t sure what will happen next. The result is a warped fun house mirror of referentialism; a collage of sounds that are at once familiar and yet also slightly alien in their combination.

Their debut LP, Unmade In Minutes (via Paper Bag Records) was produced by Connor Head and Angus Watt, and mixed by Austin Tufts (BRAIDS). The album expands upon the guitar driven lo-fi indie rock of their first EP, Pastel Blanc, incorporating thick layers of percussion, woozy synthesizers, oddball samples, and flurries of saxophone and flute. The result is a polished set of genre-blending songs that embrace maximalist cubist chaos while staying locked in to the central tenet of groove: a key component of Pastel Blank's incendiary live show.