Scratchy, contrasting and labyrinthine, songs from Alix Fernz venture deep into post-punk’s scalene enclave, also flirting with hypnagogic pop, resulting in a lo-fi hybrid between synthwave and alternative rock, topped with catchy yet kooky melodies. Singing about bar life, psychosocial disorders, addiction, and introspection, while drawing inspiration from fashion, transvestism, and weirdos, the Montrealer lays, along masqued syllabic beats, the accounts of a certain coming-of-age in an era wherein likes and memes are all the rage. “Trading in fuzzed-out riffs and the unapologetic pursuit of raw sound, Alix Fernz is making music shot through with a DIY outsider spirit.”