It’s hard to know what the heck happened to Sunglaciers’ four members to cause them to spawn danceable, ponderable, punky-chipped pop that sometimes sounds like an underwater Iggy Pop trying to access the PIN to your brain. Their songs rove over too many territories to piss in while featuring a subtle mosaic of emotions - not just the big ones - but the little moments of flat, stale being that make up most of one’s life. A UK review nailed it with “threads of ennui and missed connections.”

Perhaps the key is the origins: the four-piece band formed in 2017 after founding member Mathieu Blanchard was becoming a family and addictions doctor and Evan Resnik, a fellow multi-instrumentalist, returned from hitchhiking in France. Extensive tours of Canada, the US and UK established a dedicated fan base as the band released three albums, including 2024’s Regular Nature. Their fun, furious and unpredictable songs occasionally seem like a suburban-stuck Godley and Creme screwing with you. If labels are for soup cans, Sunglaciers tear theirs off before running their brew through the checkout.

- Mary-Lynn Wardle