Masked Quebec Duo Angine de Poitrine Discover Imposter Band in Russia
Angine de Poitrine, the Quebecois masked musical act, has learned of an imposter band operating in Russia, highlighting a unique challenge for anonymous performers.
The upside to being a masked/semi-anonymous band is that it can look really freaking sweet. The downside is that it’s pretty easy for people to pretend to be you. Everyone’s favorite polka-dotted, math-rockin’ duo from Quebec, Angine de Poitrine , just found that out the hard way.
As reported by Exclaim! , there’s apparently a fake Angine de Poitrine copying the original group’s schtick in Russia. An Instagram post from May 17th seemingly catches the imposters in action, performing a set at a bar in Moscow. Watch the clip below. We gotta say, the outfits are pretty convincing. If not for the lack of a double-neck guitar (Khn de Poitrine would never rock with just one measly neck!), we might have just been fooled as well.
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“There’s a fake [version of the] band touring Russia already, with the costumes and everything,” Sam Murdock, an art director and layout designer who works with the real Angine de Poitrine, told Exclaim! “And they keep tagging the band and they don’t even say it’s not a real band.”
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“We’re living in a weird time where everyone’s trying to make money off the band,” Murdock continued. “Right now, there’s like 1,500 fake T-shirts online already, and I removed 700 fake T-shirts on Tee Republic and on Red Bubble, but they keep on popping up.”
As of writing, it’s unclear if the Russian imposters are continuing to perform throughout the motherland. Who knows, maybe there’s a ton of Angine de Posters throughout the world. Perhaps they should take a page out of MF DOOM’s book and use it to their advantage.
The one true Angine de Poitrine currently have a whole bunch of concerts scheduled for 2026 , including several dates in North America. Pick up tickets here .
The duo dropped their most recent album, Vol. II , in April, and we named it one of the best records of that month . Pick up a copy on vinyl here . They also landed within the top 25 of our ranking of the 100 Best Songs of 2026 So Far .
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_Originally reported by [Consequence](https://consequence.net/2026/06/theres-apparently-an-angine-de-poitrine-imposter-band-in-russia/)._
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