Someone Actually Made a LEGO Version of Angine de Poitrine

You know you’ve gone too far when people start making LEGO versions of Angine de Poitrine.

LEGO enthusiast Bill Ward, no relation to the Black Sabbath drummer, built a fantastic model of the Québécois experimental math-rock duo after discovering their wild KEXP performance. The performance was recorded at ESMA in Rennes, France, during the Trans Musicales festival in December 2025, and KEXP released it in February 2026. Ward was so taken with the band’s music and bizarre costumes that he did what any serious LEGO fan would do: he turned them into a brick-built tribute.

Are they 333-year-old aliens who traveled across space and time in search of hot dogs, pyramids and rock music? Or are they two incredibly talented musicians from Quebec who wear crazy costumes and play complex, looped, microtonal math rock with strange rhythms? Who’s to say? The alien story is part of the band’s mythology, and the duo performs as Khn and Klek de Poitrine, with Khn handling microtonal guitar and bass while Klek plays drums.

Either way, Angine de Poitrine became one of my new favorite bands after I stumbled across their KEXP performance and then went down the rabbit hole of reaction and analysis videos from music nerds on YouTube in the spring of 2026. The performance turned out to be a major breakthrough for the band, bringing a much larger audience to their strange little corner of the music world.

And the attention hasn’t exactly hurt their record sales. Physical releases of Vol. I and Vol. II created enough demand that Quebec pressing plant Drummond Vinyl received a rush order for 30,000 copies. Billboard Canada reported that the physical releases helped drive the albums’ chart success, while Drummond Vinyl had to ramp up production to handle the order.

Ward’s creation is a pretty great tribute to a band that seems almost impossible to explain without making it sound like you’ve completely lost your mind. His LEGO version captures the duo’s distinctive look, including their long noses, polka-dot costumes and instruments. He also documented the surprisingly complicated process of turning these two wonderfully odd musicians into something that could actually be built out of LEGO.

The name itself is another little piece of weirdness. Angine de Poitrine means the medical condition known in English as angina pectoris, essentially chest pain. Somehow, that sounds like exactly the right name for a band making music this strange. Their sound is just as unconventional, built around microtonal guitar, looping and unusual rhythms.

And apparently the band isn’t just a curiosity anymore. In May 2026, the duo signed an exclusive worldwide publishing deal with Montreal-based Third Side Music, adding another serious milestone to what has been a remarkably fast rise.

So we’ve got the music, the costumes, the viral KEXP performance, the vinyl demand, the LEGO tribute and a global publishing deal. At this point, there’s really only one thing missing.

An official Funko toy.

Recommended Reading

More from Sandbox World

• Angine de Poitrine: Quebec’s Masked Band Goes Viral — The earlier Sandbox World look at the duo, their masked performances and the KEXP appearance that helped put them on the map.
• The Truth Is Out There and It’s Made of LEGO — Another LEGO-driven pop-culture story about turning something fans love into a brick-built creation.
• LEGO Crocs Collab: Brick Clog Turns Heads — A fun look at another unexpected LEGO crossover.

Further Reading

• Angine de Poitrine — Bill Ward’s own account of building the LEGO version and the inspiration behind it.
• Angine de Poitrine Makes Major Moves on the Billboard Charts — Billboard Canada’s look at the band’s chart success, physical sales and 30,000-copy vinyl order.
• Angine de Poitrine (Live on KEXP) — The KEXP session recorded at ESMA in Rennes during Trans Musicales 2025.

Tony M.

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