photo: Riley Taylor
Fronted by Emily Bones and Valerie Knox, Toronto based punk rock quartet The Anti-Queens have been keeping it real since 2012. Their latest album Disenchanted ticks all the boxes: basic, loud and fast guitars, poppy harmonies and lyrics about taking shit from nobody. Drummer Zoe McMillan and bass player Michael Amaral are super tight, creating a rock solid foundation that goes straight for the guts.
It has all done been before by bands like L7 and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, but the energy is contagious. Disenchanted is the kind of album that should be played really fucking loud after a bad day, a breakup, or feeling the need to annoy the neighbours.
The Anti-Queens:
Emily Bones: lead vocals, guitar
Valerie Knox: lead guitar, vocals
Michael Amaral: bass
Zoe McMillan: drums
Disenchanted is released via Stomp Records (vinyl, CD, digital).
Tracks:- Apocalypse She
- Bulldozer
- Love's Heavy Burden
- Saviour
- Dirty Girl
- Doomed Again
- Disenchanted
- Crusade
- Say What You Want
- Overthinking
- Owe U Shit
- Freeloading
- Magnolia
- 06/01 The Axix Club (Album Release Show), Toronto, ON
- 06/06 Festival au Lac 2024, Granby, QC
- 06/07 The Cobalt Cabaret, Vancouver, BC
- 06/08 Waverley Hotel, Cumberland, BC
- 06/09 The MAQ Hotel, Tofino, BC
- 06/10 The Blue Grotto, Kamloops, BC
- 06/11 Tonics Pub & Grill, Kelowna, BC
- 06/12 Rockwater Grill and Bar, Golden, BC
- 06/13 Casa Amigos Cantina, Medicine Hat, AB
- 06/14 Broken City, Calgary, AB
- 06/15 The Starlite Room, Edmonton, AB
- 07/06 Festival du Gros Gras 2024, Chute-Saint-Philippe, QC
