The brainchild of Toronto, Ontario multi-instrumentalist/filmmaker Dean Tzenos, Odonis Odonis began in 2010 as a noisy fusion of shoegaze, surf, garage, and punk before transforming into a hard-edged industrial act. This darker, starker side to their music began to emerge on 2014's Polaris award-nominated Hard Boiled Soft Boiled and came to the fore on later albums such as 2017's politically tinged No Pop, which made the most of Tzenos' sardonic viewpoint and sneering vocals.
While Tzenos was growing up, his older sisters introduced him to '80s and '90s alternative rock such...