Few have had the honour of wielding Khn de Poitrine’s ridiculous double-neck microtonal guitar-bass hybrid. Nonetheless, from time to time the Angine de Poitrine axeman does permit his admirers an opportunity to bask the glory of his iconic creation – and the most recent fortunate pair was none aside from Willow Smith and Animals As Leaders’ Tosin Abasi.

In a brand new Instagram publish, Smith reveals that she not solely attended Angine de Poitrine’s California present on 18 August, however she additionally bought handy backstage with the duo themselves. There, the younger avant-garde rocker was allowed to toy with Khn’s signature axe – and she or he is fairly enthusiastic about it, judging by the “HOLY SHIT!!!!!” caption.

Alongside Smith’s image with Khn’s double-neck, it appears Abasi was equally as eager to pose with the long-lasting guitar. Not like Smith, who seems with an – ahem – ‘cigarette’ hanging out of her mouth, the prog steel guitarist appears like he’s deep in dialog as he plucks away. We will solely assume he’s choosing the brains of the elusive Poitrine duo for some suggestions and tips.

On her story, Smith additionally posted a photograph of a particular cake congratulating Angine de Poitrine, presumably for smashing their present ongoing tour. The customized cake has the pair’s weird, polka-dot-infested faces on for good measure.

Whereas it’s unclear how far again Smith’s friendship with the Quebec pair spans again, it’s attainable that the musicians linked again in June. As Smith has been rising from her pop-punk period and shifting in direction of a extra experimental jazz sound, she discovered herself acting at this yr’s Montreal Jazz Fest – and Angine de Poitrine additionally carried out.

When it comes to Angine de Poitrine, the duo have been quickly luring in a cult following. Again in April, guitarist Khn advised Cult MTL that the undertaking was “a fruits of quite a lot of years of inside jokes” firstly: “The entire concept of the band was to imagine a little bit of a satirical method to rock music generally. We wished an exaggeration, so the double-neck guitar was the proper option to sort of make enjoyable of guitar heroes.”

Nonetheless, the undertaking has since grow to be much more severe than a one-off gag. Hell, even Rush’s Geddy Lee has gone on file praising the eccentric duo. “I feel they’re unbelievable,” he advised Radio Futuro two weeks in the past.

“I like the truth that they’ve gone viral, as a result of they’re so uncommon, peculiar, idiosyncratic… It’s a sound that nobody’s heard earlier than. They’ve taken Primus and a little bit of Rush and all of the complexities and type of boiled it all the way down to a two-piece band utilizing an unimaginable array of expertise.”