Inuit Indie-Rocker Beatrice Deer Beautifully Animates 'Fox' Folktale
Deer mixes traditional Inuit throat singing and indie-rock in a style she cleverly calls "Inuindie." "I have one foot in both worlds and I think my music exemplifies that," the singer says.
For more than a decade, Beatrice Deer has mixed traditional Inuit throat singing and indie-rock in a style that she cleverly calls "Inuindie." Half-Inuk and half-Mohawk, her voice is slinky and raw, colored by whichever language makes sense for the story — French, English, and Inuktitut. The Montreal scene that she now calls home provides many musical touchstones, but Deer has crafted a yearning sound undoubtedly and uniquely her own.
Deer is set to release her fifth album, , on May 11, featuring contributions, , , , Bell Orchestre and . But before she does that, Deer is revisiting 2015's EP with a gorgeously animated video that illuminates the idea that it matters who tells the story.
