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Fembots - Calling Out
Toronto’s Fembots have come a long way from the duo’s tool-shed and junkyard origins. Dave MacKinnon and Brian Poirier launched the post-industrial folk group with songs performed on power tools and instruments created from garbage. Their fourth CD, created with drummer Nathan Lawr and experimental instrument maker Iner Souster, is a sprawling roots-rock opus. From the moody opener “Good Days” to the wistful “Ship Breaking,” which closes the album, the evocative music lingers like a vivid dream.
Sept. 16
