Museums make This Can’t Be It sound like Montreal’s darkwave mirror cracking

Museums’ This Can’t Be It arrives on 12 June through Petit Village Records, and the title captures a very modern kind of dread. Surely this can’t be the whole story. Surely the room has another door. Written, composed and performed by the Montreal band, the album sits in a rich alternative lane: dark wave, indie rock, post-punk, psychedelic pop and psychedelic rock. That combination gives Museums a useful emotional range. They can lean into shadow without losing colour, into guitar tension without giving up melody. The Montreal scene has always had room for bands that make anxiety sound romantic and romanticism sound a little doomed, and This Can’t Be It feels connected to that lineage. It is a record for listeners who like their indie rock with atmosphere, late-night doubt and a little neon reflected in wet pavement.

Source: https://museums-mu.bandcamp.com/album/this-cant-be-it