credit:  Frank Climenhage

Knitting at Swan Dive Patio

Mar 12, 2025

9:00pm – 9:40pm CT

Swan Dive Patio

What started out as a pandemic hibernation project is now the fully fledged Montreal indie-rock-unit knitting. With “sinuous, bouncy guitars…and choruses that have the potential to metamorphose into earworms” (FME), knitting makes guitar driven and lyrically introspective indie rock evoking the nostalgia of 90s alternative rock bands like Pavement, Pixies and Sonic Youth.
knitting’s highly anticipated debut album Some Kind of Heaven came out September 6 2024 on Mint Records. The album spent five weeks at #1 on the Canadian campus radio charts, and earned the band press from Pitchfork, Stereogum and The FADER. Formed three years ago, knitting has shared the stage with the likes of Cherry Glazerr, Loving and Truth Club, and toured and performed at festivals across North America.
Nestled among entwined guitars, rousing basslines, and explosive drums, Dempsey’s subtle vocals recount bizarre crushes, bad habits, and summertime melancholy. knitting’s songs are earnest and raw, giving reflexive queer/trans representation that diversifies the scope of narratives historically given space in indie rock music.

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From: Montreal, QC, Canada
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Indie Rock
Type: Showcase