Rush Legends Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee Praise Angine de Poitrine as the “Most Exhilarating” Music in Years

Angine de Poitrine are indisputably the breakout guitar phenomenon of 2026. Ever since their mind-bending KEXP session exploded across the internet, guitarist Khn de Poitrine and drummer Klek de Poitrine have thrown the global guitar community into a microtonal-prog-rock frenzy.

The Canadian innovators have now earned high praise from fellow countrymen and progressive rock royalty Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee of Rush, who recently shared their thoughts on the Québécois musical storm.

"Well, I think they're fantastic," Geddy Lee told Chile's Radio Futuro during a recent broadcast. "I love the fact that they've gone viral, because they're so unusual, peculiar, idiosyncratic."

"It's a sound that no one's heard before. They've taken Primus and a bit of Rush and all those complexities and sort of boiled it down to a two-piece band using an incredible array of technology."

The iconic Rush bassist went so far as to describe Angine de Poitrine's catalog as "the most entertaining and exhilarating bits of music that I've heard for a long, long time."

"And I think most people that hear them find it somehow infectious, and I don't mean that like it's poisonous. I mean good infectious."

Guitar titan Alex Lifeson echoed his bandmate's enthusiasm, highlighting their composition style as "hypnotic."

"You know, using the looping pedals to create a bassline, and then guitar lines over it, and keep building on it," noted the Rush guitarist. "And above all, they're just great players. They really play their instruments so well, and that whole microtonal approach just makes it sound so exotic, and just mesmerizing."

"And the drummer has a bigger nose than me, so I love it," Geddy Lee quipped.

The list of high-profile Angine de Poitrine devotees also includes Animals as Leaders mastermind Tosin Abasi, who recently got the chance to test-drive Khn de Poitrine's double-neck microtonal guitar/bass hybrid, an encounter documented by Willow Smith.

Both guitar players attended a recent Angine de Poitrine concert, where Tosin Abasi couldn't resist getting his hands on what is rapidly becoming one of the most talked-about instruments in modern music.

For gear enthusiasts hoping to buy one, a production model remains unconfirmed—according to Godin CEO Simon Godin.

"I'm speaking with their team," he told Guitar World. "It's not a yes or a no. Everything went very big, very fast, and now this is the instrument they've dreamed of."

"Maybe this is why, for now, they want to keep it unique. If we do make a signature version, it won't be a big production. It will be more of a collectible item that you hang on your wall."