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POP Montréal | Faux Real… Real Madness!

by Marianne Collette

To say that Franco-American duo Faux Real have a good stage presence is a perfect understatement.

On Thursday evening at the Piccolo Rialto, the tandem spared no effort in delighting their audience, who gave it their all. Most of the tunes were taken from their debut album, Faux Maux, which is still in gestation and should be available in its entirety on October 11.

How to describe them? If you put an ’80s boy band, glam rock and a healthy dose of synth-pop in a blender, you’d probably get something like this.

With their boundless energy, brothers Virgil and Elliot Arndt performed a succession of classics (but can they really be called “classics”?), accompanied by synchronized dance moves to the delight of the audience, who were frequently invited to dance in turn.

And it was inspiring to see a band that manages to pull it off without a huge budget. Just give them a microphone and a soundtrack and off they go. Even the stage seems optional, as the duo leave it at every moment to join the crowd. The show even came to an intimate close, with the duo asking to be lit only by the light of the crowd’s cell phones. All in all, a great atmosphere was created for what was undoubtedly a perfectly successful party.

Photo Credit: Sarah Driscoll

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