This month, Quick Before It Melts celebrates 10 years of music blogging and writing by honouring 10 Canadian artists who’ve had the greatest impact and influence on Quick Before It Melts over the last 10 years, and each in their own way have left their mark on our website and our soul. We’re calling this special series of posts 10/10.
Though he’s a man of few words in interviews, Matt LeGroulx certainly knows how to stuff as many of them as possible into his abstruse lyrics and fractured pop songs. Whether as Expwy, High Five, as himself, or part of Galaxius Mons, Chairs and countless other musical projects LeGroulx has his hand in, he ensures little time lapses between one release and the next, always offering up tasty musical nuggets to satisfy discerning ears and minds. LeGroulx has recently started a podcast called …The Food of Love that marries his two passions (cooking and making music) into one product that’s as compelling as any album in his catalogue. In that same spirit, we’ve spiced up our recent 10/10 interview with LeGroulx by interspersing a selection of our favourite songs from his myriad recordings with his few, choice words. For more, you can check out an Q+A we did with LeGroulx back in the day.
10/10 >> EXPWY / MATT LEGROULX
QBiM: What has been the highlight of the past 10 years for you, either personally or as an artist?
Matt LeGroulx: Making music with my friends.
QBiM:What part of the last 10 years do you wish to forget?
ML: 02/10/2012.
QBiM:What’s the biggest thing you got away with in the last 10 years?
ML: Making music.
QBiM:What do you know now that you wish you knew 10 years ago?
ML: How to cook.
QBiM: What changes do you hope to see in the Canadian music industry/community over the next 10 years?
ML: It would be great if touring the U.S. was not prohibitively expensive or illegal.
QBiM: What is the last album you listened to from beginning to end?
ML: Folk and Pop Sounds of Sumatra Vol. 1 (Sublime Frequencies).
QBiM:2016 will forever be remember as the year David Bowie died; was he an influence on your music, or is there another hero lost in the last 10 years that had a major influence on your art?
ML: Kayton Roberts is still alive.
QBiM:What’s the one song (Canadian or otherwise) that’s guaranteed to pump you up and improve your mood as soon as you hear it?
ML: ”Hujan Mas” as played by the Peliatan Gamelan.
QBiM: How is life different for you in 2016 than it was in 2006?
ML: It’s so much better.
QBiM:Leave us with one final thought in 10 words (or less).
ML: QBiM will be missed. Greatly.