Ottawa’s noise-rock outfit Tucana just dropped a “Spirit Bomb,” a feedback-drenched descent into nocturnal excess. The single, produced by Dave Traina of The Damn Truth and mastered by Harry Hess (PUP), captures the band’s raw, distortion-heavy aesthetic while documenting Montreal’s after-hours underbelly.
“Spirit Bomb” serves as an unflinching ode to drunken Montreal nights—the 3am walks home with dead phones, cheap dépanneur wine, and the internal conflict of recognizing self-destructive patterns while feeling powerless to break them. The track evokes what the band describes as “the blissful moment just before the wheels shake and your face scrapes the pavement.”
Listen below:
Recently featured in Exclaim! Magazine’s “8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear,” the four-piece consists of Bob Pavlounis (vocals/guitar), Noah Boulay (guitar), Stephen Blondin (drums), and Noel Campbell (bass). Their sound occupies territory somewhere between IDLES’ intensity and METZ’s noise-rock experimentalism.
Fresh from opening for Pkew Pkew Pkew, Tucana accompanies today’s release with a new music video and upcoming live dates. For those drawn to the chaotic intersection of punk energy and noise exploration, “Spirit Bomb” offers a visceral glimpse into late-night rituals and the uncomfortable truths that emerge in their wake.
