Enjoy Your Pumas
Winnipeg, MB, CA
Rock / Indie Pop
Bio
Enjoy Your Pumas is a five-piece indie rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Blending soaring guitars, atmospheric piano and powerful female vocals with an intense rhythm section, its sound is akin to Karen O fronting a Bloc Party covering Radiohead. Since forming in the summer of 2007, the band has recorded Ink The EP with noted Winnipeg producer Ryan McVeigh (Consumer Goods, Boats!). Its lead single, “Less Enthused”, reached #3 on 92.9 Kick FM's Top 40 Countdown. Heading into 2010, the band i...
Press
“Though their name sounds like something a shoe salesman might chime brightly as you’re walking out the door, Winnipeg’s Enjoy Your Pumas aren’t a commercial band. Quite the opposite. Singer Rosie Blais’ stream-of-conscious lyrics add evocative brush strokes to the band’s sinewy, polyrhythmic indie rock. Not easy terrain for product placement, but infinitely listenable. “Like Animals,” with its panging guitars and clattering beats, sounds something like Metric meets Sunny Day Real Estate. Blais’ voice is warm and breathy, similar to Metric’s Emily Haines, and acts as a salve to the reverberating, angular thrusts of guitar. “Weight of the Circles” takes off at an infectious canter, wiry guitars rearing up as drums change pace. It’s pretty hard to tell what Blais is talking about in these songs, but sometimes it’s nice to forgo the message and just enjoy the sound.”
Artist Stats
Fans: 772
Song Plays: 364
Visits: 1,072
Video Plays: 46
Widget Hits: 14
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