On top of being one of the most enigmatic songwriters in Vancouver, Man Your Horse frontman Julian Marrs is an incredibly loyal bandmate. After the group’s drummer, Scott Petrie, landed in the hospital days before a cross-country tour, Marrs refused to go on without him. When the trio—which also includes bassist Calum MacConnell—got together for their most recent tour in the spring, they came back to Vancouver stronger than ever. The pleasantly dissonant At Most: At Least got local music fans almost as excited as Marrs is about a certain green-lizard-referencing four-piece.

Best local release besides yours:

“I’d say the SSRIs for their Effeminate Godzilla-Sized Wind Chimes. I really love their record. Live, they’re always fun to watch: they’re super high-energy.”

The year’s best gig:

“I’d give that up to Boogie Monster, when they played [a show called] Good Burger in late January [January 22]. They played in some fashion shop [Tammy’s] and they killed it. The crowd actually ripped a huge metal chandelier out of the roof and ripped the light fixtures off the walls.”

With apologies to Ke$ha, who would turn you on if they took it off?

“Hopefully, this doesn’t make things too awkward, but I would say Elliot [Langford] from the SSRIs, because I’m sure there’d be some mind-blowing pillow talk afterwards.”

Michael Buble donated the profits from tonight’s show to you. Where’s the party?

“I’d rent out District 319 theatre [319 Main Street]. It would be pretty cool to show a movie and then maybe have a show afterwards. They have a full bar in the entrance, and then you go into a big theatre. Each person gets their own leather chair. It would be perfect for a pretty big rager.”

What classic album needs a 180-gram-vinyl rerelease? “It’s not a classic, but there’s a band I like from Chicago called Sweep the Leg Johnny. Their album [Going Down Swingin’] came out in 2002. They never really got big, and I always wished there would be a rerelease and more promotion behind them to get more ears listening to their album.”

Your Lotto Max numbers came up. Where are you opening a venue?

“I’d probably take that money and give it to Little Mountain Studios [195 East 26th Avenue], instead. They need to soundproof the studio, or maybe they could even buy their annoying neighbours a new house somewhere else. I think it’s a great spot and they need some support.”