WATCH: Absolight Shares ‘Fiction’

Debut album from Quebec trio due in 2026

March 27, 2025March 27, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Absolight, Fiction, Frames, Quebec, Rush, The Tragically Hip

Here at Rock & Roll Globe, we love Canada with all our hearts.

And one of the reasons we stand by our neighbors up north is because they’ve consistently blessed us with some of the best music to ever emerge from the continent.

Quebec City’s Absolight have a bit of a ways to go before they reach the level of Rush and The Tragically Hip. But they’re certainly well on their way to greatness by manifesting songs like “Fiction,” the latest single from the band’s forthcoming debut LP Frames, scheduled for release in 2026.

“‘Fiction’ is the second glimpse we’re giving the audience of our forthcoming album, a project we’re extremely proud of. This album has allowed us to refine our sound while exploring different facets of rock that excite and inspire us,” the band said about the song in a collective statement. “‘Fiction’ is the kind of song that was made, at least from a musical point of view, with a really precise objective of engaging the audience, of making them jump. We asked ourselves, what would be the perfect riff to get people jumping? And that’s what we came up with. On top of that, we even decided in the studio to add these layers of vocals to certain words. We can’t wait for the audience to learn the words and sing them with us. It’s going to create something like a really strong collective energy that we really like. Despite the somewhat dark lyrics, we feel that this is the song with the greatest potential to create a fun and uplifting energy during live performances.”

The video for “Fiction,” meanwhile, embodies the energy extolled in the song’s charged rhythm.

“We really like the cinematic style of the video,” the band admits. “It’s like it really wants to tell a story. And as film buffs, all three of us, it’s an aesthetic that speaks to us and connects with us a lot. We gave the videographers carte blanche, we got cold, we got snowed in, we got soaked, we risked the equipment, but we really had a lot of fun.”

Check out the video for “Friction” below and keep tabs on Absolight here.