Bye Parula

Formed just as the world was being plunged into the darkness of the pandemic, Bye Parula would emerge from the COVID quietude with an authentically folky yet sneakily funky sound that has carried the Montreal traditions of indie-rock experimentation and community collaboration into the 2020s. Singer/bassist Loïc Calatayud-Sola, guitarist Sebastián Riquelme, and drummer Sergio D'Isanto cultivated an ornate art-pop aesthetic that followed in the feisty footsteps of Montreal eccentrics like Patrick Watson and Plants and Animals.

With their 2026 sophomore release, Something Out of Nothing, Bye Parula present a mercurial mix that draws from the orchestral funk of Serge Gainsbourg, the wounded melodies of Elliott Smith, the worldly rhythms of Talking Heads, and the homespun R&B of Dijon, all infused with a ‘70s cinematic sensibility that blurs the line between sun-dappled, soft-focus fantasia and urbane sophistication.?