“We thought, ‘Let’s do all sex lyrics, but we’ll do them in French
so nobody knows what we’re talking about,'” says Lindsay of ECT.
Two-thirds Acadian, the threesome (by stage names Lindsay Sue, Mimi
Ostie and Fritzi LeBaron) sing in chiac, known as an
English-tinged “brutalization” of Acadian French. They get audiences
dancing by playing shrieky, quasi-Francophone punk like Kathleen
Hanna’s French teacher’s worst nightmare.
Their drummer is a machine, but it’s not due to a lack of human
drummers: They’re inspired by ’70s and ’80s French punk bands that used
drum machines instead.
Former members of Les Coques et les Phoques, Be Bad, Gilbert Switzer
and Windom Earle, ECT have been busy since their first show last May.
With plenty of gigs, a Le Tigre cover show and a split seven-inch with
Saint John’s Reclusive Mute under their belt, and plans for more
recordings and an upcoming eastern Canada tour, expect to see a lot
more ECT.
This article appears in Jun 11-17, 2009.