"We're a low concept band," Lullabye Arkestra's Justin Small told Noisecreep. "You don't have to be into any one kind of music to want to drink and jump around, and f---- around and have fun. That's what we aim to do. We're not like a party band per-se, but the concept is simple: Loud and heavy, and we f---- the night."

But for some people, the smile and scream vibe of Lullabye Arkestra is not just something to misunderstand -- it's something to get mad about.

The sounds created by the married duo are hard to categorize, but as Justin says, "It's not high brow." However, their name makes people think the band should be more ethereal and thought-provoking. Especially since their first show was opening for the soon-to-break-out, indie-rock darlings Broken Social Scene.

"We had a rule: We were only gonna play for nine minutes when we started out, because 10 minutes would have been a long, boring show," Justin recalled. And with no one ever having heard the band before, Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew introduced them in "a soft, poetic way". "We pummeled for nine minutes and walked off stage," helaughed. That show both Justin Small and wife Kat Taylor-Small received stares of wonder and disgust from the crowd. And shows like that still come -- especially when Lullabye Arkestra opened up for the grandly-orchestrated Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

"We got hate mail," Justin says when discussing what resulted from that string of shows. "To the tune of people saying we were disrespectful for even performing music like that in front of Godspeed, and how it really ruined their night. Also, we were playing at these beautiful theaters," Kat adds. "Which is not really our prime venue. We're into dirty, sweaty basement club. That's more of our scene. You stick us up on stage at some turn-of-the-century theater, and it's not quite our vibe."

For Kat and Justin, they hope audiences who don't get their music will just give it some time. Lullabye Arkestra grows on people. "We've been challenged with a few audiences that weren't really into what we are doing, and I welcome that. If you don't like us that's fine. We have a lot of people that are longtime fans and friends of ours in Toronto that say, 'When I saw your band, I f---ing hated you.'" Justin admits. "And for some reason, we played some show and it clicks with them, and then they're at every show. I don't mind if people don't like us. It's not any skin off my back."

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