cootie catcher

Toronto-based quartet Cootie Catcher brings energy to the tenderness of twee pop with electronics and a direct lyrical presence. On melodic, uptempo songs, the band investigates raw feelings and vulnerable situations, pulling no emotional punches while leaning into major-key jangle and synth tones. Their newest album and Carpark debut, Something We All Got, is a high-definition take on their sound, moving from the basement-born recordings that came before it without losing the lo-fi roots.

Cootie Catcher began as a duo of songwriters Anita Fowl and Nolan Jakupovski in 2021. This early version of the band made two rough-hewn releases, the 1234 EP and the album-length project stupid is as stupid does, before expanding to include Sophia Chavez and drummer Brendan Cooke when they began playing live around 2022. In February 2024, Joseph Shemoun took over on drums and the band recorded their first studio album, Shy At First. The band grew as a studio entity with the release of several more singles and miscellaneous tracks, and matured as a performance vehicle with touring, local shows, and gigs with contemporaries like Kiwi Jr. and Alvvays.

Cootie Catcher plays at Heartbreakers on 9 November 2026 at 7:30 pm.