Winnipeg’s Les Jupes take an intimate turn on this four song EP. Produced by Dana “Rusty” Matyas (Federal Lights) and recorded/mixed by Cam Loeppky (Greg Macpherson), it opens with the the jangly “Save Your Friends”, with swelling “na na nas” that beg to be used in a movie trailer. Continuing with the deeper hum of “The Voices”, Michael P Falk’s vocals are complemented by the likes of Hailey Primrose and Marti Sarbit throughout the disc, and the uplifting synths take them out of those Joy Division comparisons (which never really made sense) and towards … not New Order, but something new, something organic. It’s a combination that hasn’t been heard yet, not in Winnipeg at least. The ultra upbeat “Interview With a Contract Killer” and “Hold Me Down” keep things exciting and will tide you over until the next LP.

Published in Volume 68, Number 7 of The Uniter (October 16, 2013)