WINKLER, MB
Angine de Poitrine, the mysterious math rock duo who has taken the Internet by storm, have kept their identities secret until now. The secret slipped this week out after the drummer was caught swearing in Plautdietsch after a slight mishap.
“We now know they’re a couple of corn farmers from near Winkler,” said music enthusiast Darren Giesbrecht. “No one else would mutter ‘Diewel’ under their breath like that.”
Rumour has it that the band wears those masks to keep the church from finding out they’re playing rock music.
“And the polka dots?” said Giesbrecht. “That’s straight out of Taunte Lina’s linen closet.”
The peculiar sounding microtones that the band is known for seem to have been inspired by the nasal singing at the Sawatzky brothers’ home church.
“It’s eerily reminiscent of an Old Colony hymn sing,” said Giesbrecht. “Expect without the dancing, of course.”
Now that the word is out, Angine de Poitrine plan to change the band name to Unrau de Friesen just in time for their upcoming performance at the Winnipeg Folk Festival this summer.