The poster says Montreal in December, but the colours look closer to a fever dream in late summer, which is fitting for a band whose music always seems to hum with something overripe. Chokecherry will bring their first major North American headline tour to Cabaret Foufounes Électriques on December 13, marking their Montreal stop in support of their debut album Ripe Fruit Rots and Falls. It is one of the final Canadian dates on a run that has carried them across the US and eastern Canada since November, and it lands just as the band settles into the chaos and momentum of a proper breakthrough year.
The show arrives on the heels of the album’s release on November 14, a date that pushed Chokecherry from promising newcomers to one of 2025’s most closely watched acts within the indie and art-punk corners of the scene. The record’s title, Ripe Fruit Rots and Falls, has already become shorthand for the band’s interest in beauty that curdles, melody that frays at the edges, and emotional narratives that do not pretend to resolve neatly. Their live sets tend to hit harder than the studio recordings, which suggests Foufs’ brick-and-concrete acoustics will suit them just fine.
Joining them on the tour are special guests The Sewing Club, whose own rise through the indie circuit has paralleled Chokecherry’s trajectory, though with a more ragged and noise-leaning streak. Their inclusion helps shape the night into something more eclectic than a standard album-cycle stop. Both groups share a fondness for fractured guitar lines and emotional directness, but The Sewing Club tend to attack their songs from the inside out, which should provide a sharp contrast to Chokecherry’s more cinematic sprawl. Local openers Ask Ophelia round out the bill, keeping the Montreal connection front and centre.
Tickets are available through eemontreal.com.
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