Knife Pleats

By the time she formed the group Knife Pleats in 2014, Rose Melberg had already staked her place in the history of indie pop by being in some of the genre's best bands (the Softies, Tiger Trap) and some really good ones too, like Gaze, Go Sailor, and Brave Irene. She also released a batch of first-rate solo albums for good measure. When Knife Pleats started, it had been a few years since Melberg had been in a group and she had a backlog of uptempo songs demoed and ready to go. She joined up with two members of Vancouver band Love Cuts, Kaity McWhinney and Tracey Vath, and drum...