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Vol. II is the second full-length from Angine de Poitrine, released digitally on 3 April 2026 through Bandcamp, with the LP and CD physical editions scheduled through Spectacle Bonzai in June 2026. Bandcamp lists the album at six tracks, while retailer listings show the vinyl under catalogue number AP2 and the CD as AP2CD.
Where Vol. I felt like a brilliant controlled mutation, Vol. II sounds like the duo realising just how hard they can lean into that idea without breaking it. This is still microtonal, rhythm-obsessed, wiry music, but the second record feels more deliberate, more locked in, and a little meaner in the best possible way. The grooves are tighter, the structures feel stranger, and the whole thing has a kind of deadpan absurdity to it that makes the music even more addictive. Rough Trade’s description of the record as “dense, no-frills, high-impact” is dead right, and Norman Records makes a similar point, noting that the band have pushed their approach into something punchier and more unpredictable.
The real strength of Vol. II is that it does not just repeat the trick from the debut. Plenty of second albums by unusual bands feel like a slightly sharper copy of the first one. This does not. The underlying language is familiar, but the band sound more ruthless with it now. The pulse is stronger, the stop-start tension lands harder, and the music feels less like a curiosity and more like a complete system. Pitchfork’s review gets at that nicely by comparing the band’s rhythmic logic to artists who establish a rigid meter and then create illusions inside it. That is exactly what makes this album so effective. It is precise music that constantly messes with your sense of balance.
Track by track, the album feels like it is tightening a screw. “Fabienk” is a fantastic opener because it throws you straight into the record’s crooked momentum and never apologises for how odd it is. “Mata Zyklek” and “Sarniezz” deepen the trance, while “Utzp” and “Yor Zarad” stretch the tension in a way that feels almost physical. By the time “Angor”lands, the album feels less like six songs and more like one long, beautifully warped machine. The official Bandcamp page confirms the sequence and running order.
What makes Angine de Poitrine interesting right now is that the wider hype actually seems justified. Recent coverage points to a viral surge, a breakout KEXP moment, and unusually broad attention for something this odd, but Vol. II does not sound compromised by any of that. If anything, it sounds more stubborn. The duo are still building from microtonal guitar, percussion, and repetition, but here they sound more confident that their strange internal logic can carry a whole record without needing translation for newcomers. That confidence is what gives the album its bite.
As a review, Vol. II is the stronger record. Vol. I had the shock of the new. Vol. II has greater control, more pressure, and a better sense of how to turn the duo’s weirdness into something genuinely compulsive. It is still not normal rock music, and that is exactly why it works. This thing squirms, snaps, and grooves in ways most bands would never think to try. For anyone who liked the debut, this is the sound of Angine de Poitrine pushing deeper and coming out with something even better.
