but I'm told by out-of-towners it's a Montreal thing, too

Is that because Montreal loevs indie bands and doesn't have an Establishment keeping them out of the classical performance halls?

except the two vocalists have become much more self-assured and learnt to convey sexiness without sounding desperately depressed

Whoo for continued personal development

That and I think they plan on using their Mercury $$ to build a studio

Whoo for taking your career into your own hands!

at the end of each of which they stopped and said "thank you", so the music was guaranteed to cut off just as one was getting one's groove on

XD.

Do your glasses make everything look red?