Ky

Ky Brooks is a sound engineer, poet, and audio producer. Their significant role in the Montréal experimental music scene dates back to the early 2010s when they co-founded the DIY space La Plante, a cultural hub where music and community came together and which became a launching point for their musical forays in the subsequent decade. Brooks became involved in musical projects including the surreal and provocative White Cube, 8-person queer punk band Femmaggots, guitar-and-voice duo Drøm før du dør, noise rock band Lungbutter, and later Shining Wizard Quartet and free-noise trio Nag, touring the New England noise circuit.  

Lungbutter formed in 2012, with Ky Brooks as vocalist, guitarist Kaity Zozula and drummer Joni Sadler. In the following years, the band became a crucial part of the thriving experimental, punk, noise and rock scenes in Montreal. Their debut album Honey was released in 2019 and received widespread praise, but the sudden passing of Joni Sadler in 2021 marked the end of the band.

In Brooks’ Power Is The Pharmacy, released by Constellation in May 2023, their experimental punk roots jostle alongside an eclectic palette of synthesizers, poetry, and noise. Live, this music is presented by the KY band, an eccentric supergroup featuring a rotating cast of musicians from within the Montreal experimental scene and beyond. Ky also plays in several other projects including 'rock' (?) trio Power Drop and as a solo noise artist under the moniker hidden_attachment. 

Live Dates

Podcast & Interviews

Kreative Kontrol • Vish Khanna interviews Ky Brooks 

Artist Photos

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Contacts & Links

Ky Instagram

Press enquiries UK & North America:
Lauren Barley at Rarely Unable

Press enquiries EU:
Ed Benndorf at Dense Promotion