Lab Coast

Lab Coast are a Canadian lo-fi indie rock group specializing in short, hooky pop songs. Their tunes typically have gently hypnotic rhythms as well as hazy effects and instrumentation that suggest a form of psych-pop, but the vocals and melodies are clear and up-front, and they largely avoid excessive soloing. The directness of the group's songcraft is surprising, given the fact that the group's co-founders, Chris Dadge (owner of Bug Incision Records) and David Laing, also create experimental music and free improvisation as part of the Bent Spoon Trio. Lab Coast began in 2008, ...