Montreal indie trio Men I Trust are coming down South this week in typical snowbird fashion.
Three weeks into the North American leg of their Equus tour, dream-poppers Men I Trust are coming to the Sunshine State for five shows in St. Petersburg, Orlando and Miami, after a brief interruption supporting Billie Eilish for a few shows. The Saturday show in Orlando is tragically sold out, but there are still limited tickets available for Friday (as of this writing).
The band is most widely known for their 2018 single, “Show Me How,” a hit that rode a mainstream wave of bedroom-pop alongside the likes of Clairo, Cuco and Rex Orange County. The band leans more into dream-pop textures, with an overall softer tone in contrast to similar bedroom-dwellers.
Keyboardist Dragos Chiriac and bassist/guitarist Jessy Caron formed Men I Trust in 2014 while studying music together at Laval University. Their first album, Headroom, featured multiple vocalists, including Emmanuelle Proulx. Proulx would later join as full-time lead vocalist in 2016, turning the duo into a trio.
“Show Me How” defined the band’s dreamy sound, with mellow basslines, subtle percussion and silky vocals that comfort, cloy and calm in equal measure. “Show Me How,” was later added to their 2019 album Oncle Jazz, the first album with Proulx as sole vocalist.
Men I Trust dropped their fifth and sixth studio albums earlier this year in their Equus series, Equus Asinus and Equus Caballus (“donkey” and “horse,” respectively). Songs from these albums, alongside fan-favorites and live staples, are featured on the Equus tour gliding across North America, Europe and Asia.
Equus Asinus, a 14-track album released in March, plays with more acoustic sounds for an overall softer, folky spin on the standard Men I Trust groove, creating a more fragile and melancholic feel. The lyrics on Equus Asinus touch on themes of rebirth, a heavenly pairing with Proulx’s angelic vocals if there ever was one. Album highlight “Bethlehem” is a hauntingly perfect spotlight for Proulx’s whispery vocal delivery.
The Equus album cycle gained an upbeat addition two months later with Equus Caballus. This album was a more lush and spirited affair, melding 1980s-style pop production with jazzy swing. Fittingly, the horse is comparatively fast-paced compared to its donkey sister, featuring spunky gallops like “Where I Sit” and “Another Stone.” You can actually hear the percussion stand out rather than blend furtively between the melodic clouds.
Men I Trust’s addictive tunes are synthy and dreamy — a dream that will come true for Orlando fans two nights this week at the House of Blues.
(Men I Trust, 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 21-22, House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista, orlando.houseofblues.com, $44-$108)
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This article appears in Nov. 19-25, 2025.
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