Doomsquad

Doomsquad is a Canadian electronic band that forms in Montréal and is active from 2009. The group centres on the Blumas siblings: Allie, Jaclyn and Trevor Blumas, with Jaclyn Blumas listed as a member. The project also has links to Toronto.

Music and style

Doomsquad works with experimental electronic music and combines guitar, flute, percussion and synth. Its songs draw on chanting, repetition and other cross-cultural elements, with deep bass as a prominent part of the sound. The group presents itself as a kind of aural anthropology, with an emphasis on vivid, varied arrangements and a broad, cosmological feel.

Debut album

The group’s debut LP is Kalaboogie, which includes the track “Kalaboogie”. It appears on Hand Drawn Dracula in Canada, the United States and worldwide, and on No Pain In Pop in the UK and Europe.

Reception

Coverage of Kalaboogie describes the album as long-form and atmospheric, and places it within a Canadian context that echoes, while extending beyond, the influence of artists such as Neil Young and Joni Mitchell.