The Walleye Magazine

Live Music from the Lakehead

Alienatör

What’s your style/genre: Post-hardcore. Sludge. Noise rock. Heavy music that’s cathartic and a little weird.

How long have you been around: This band played in front of people for the first time on Halloween 2015, as a two-piece. So we’ve been going for at least six years now. Our current lineup has been together for about two years.

Who’s in the band: Brad King - vocals/guitar, Sean Skillen - bass/vocals, Simon Paquette - drums.

Favourite song you cover: We’ve never done a cover and don’t have any plans to, but “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” by The Smiths would be a fun one to completely mangle. “Police Story” by Black Flag would be fun also.

Best song you’ve written: Of the songs that people can actually hear right now, “Drag the River,” from our most recent record Pariahs. It’s about the river of tears and the cops here in Thunder Bay. Honourable mention: “Renovicted,” which is about greedy landlords.

If you could collaborate with any musician/band, living or dead, who would it be and why: [The] Jesus Lizard, Neurosis, NoMeansNo, Unsane, Cursed, Melvins, Converge, Botch.

What would be your dream gig: It would be great to play a huge festival like Roadburn or something but since we haven’t played anywhere in a year and half, it’d also be amazing to play The Hunger, Tumblestone, or any random weekend show at Black Pirates Pub again. Maybe a good old-fashioned basement or driveway show. Let us know and we’ll come over and annoy your neighbours.

What’s new: We’ve had a productive pandemic. We were halfway through writing our second album when everything shut down, so we kept exchanging ideas back and forth and got all the writing done. Now we’re back in shape and recording pre-production demos. The final product will be out some time next year and it’s easily the best stuff we’ve done.

What’s the best thing about being part of the TBay music scene: Lots of good friends and talented musicians. It’s a big enough scene to be diverse and interesting but small enough to have a sense of community.

Contact: Email: alienatorband@gmail.com Facebook and Instagram: @alienatorband

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