Arctistic — Debut album — Ukiuq
ᐋᒃᑎᔅᑎᒃ — ᐅᑭᐅᖅ
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3 min readMay 18, 2020
Punk rock, grunge and alternative music from the northern Arctic region of Quebec, Canada.
Their Facebook musicians band page introduces the group as:
Arctistic is a self-managed band based in Montreal with frontman, Nicolas Pirti-Duplessis, from Akulivik, Nunavik, Quebec.
The debut album “Ukiuq”, meaning “Winter” in Inuktitut, is a contemporary Inuit alternative rock album with many nostalgic sounds.
Arctistic is an independent self written (lyrics and music), self-managed and self-produced band through Ukalik Records. As their cool logo illustrates, Ukalik means hare.
Their debut album ‘Ukiuq’, meaning ‘Winter’ has a professional sound. The album was written in three languages, English, French and Inuktitut.
Their original songs…
