"That's the most entertaining and exhilarating bits of music that I've heard for a long, long time," Lee said in an interview with Chile's Radio Futuro
Angine de Poitrine by Atsuko Kobasigawa (left), Rush by Richard Sibbald
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson may be in the middle of their massive 50 Something reunion world tour right now, but that doesn't mean they're immune from catching polka dot fever; the Rush bandmates made a recent appearance on Chile's Radio Futuro, and when asked if they've listened to fellow Canuks Angine de Poitrine, Lee responded, "Of course! We love them."
Speaking with Patricio Cuevas, Lee said, "I think they're fantastic. I love the fact that they've gone viral, because they're so unusual, peculiar, idiosyncratic. It's a sound that no one's heard before. They've taken Primus and a bit of Rush and all the complexities and sort of boiled it down to a two-piece band using an incredible array of technology and pedals."
He continued, "That's the most entertaining and exhilarating bits of music that I've heard for a long, long time. And think most people that hear them find it somehow infectious, and I don't mean that like it's poisonous. I mean good infectious."
Lifeson added, "There's something very hypnotic about their arrangements and how they write, how they present the music. You know, using the looping pedals to create a bass line, and then guitar lines over it, and keep building on it. And above all, they're just great players; they really play their instruments so well, and that whole microtonal approach just makes it sound so exotic and Middle Eastern, and just mesmerizing."
"And the drummer has a bigger nose than me, so I love it," Lee joked.
Rush are the most recent inductees to Angine's star-studded fanbase, which also includes deadmau5, Jack White, Shania Twain and Metallica's Lars Ulrich.
Watch the interview below. The Angine talk begins at 15:34, and Lifeson even mimics the band's alien language at 17:54.
