Interview: Mute

Quebec City’s technical punk band Mute are no stranger to hard work and dedication. Forming in 1998, the band has spent the last fourteen years honing their craft and touring the world. Touring across North America with the likes ofStrung Out and Rise Against and heading overseas countless times for festivals and other touring opportunities, the band has chiselled away and slowly developped a name for themselves.

All that hard work paid off as they played the biggest show of their career opening for Alkaline Trio and The Offspring on the Plains D’Abraham for the Festival D’Ete. The hometown crowd was there early and broke into a whirlwind of activity the moment the band stepped on stage. Circle pits and crowd surfers appeared out of nowhere and the air filled with a steady stream of dust being spat up from the ground.

We spoke with Alex Trépanier and Étienne Dionne before they took the stage, talking about the festival, the crowd and their decision to cover Mr. Big‘s To Be With You.

Read the interview here.