An Unconventional String Quartet That Splits Its Audience

“The audience gathered in the basement of St. Brigid’s was an all-ages crowd: grey-haired veterans of Ottawa’s annual chamber-music blowout mixed with a curious younger set. Every time the Squad announced a song – Smashing Pumpkins’ Disarm, or Nirvana’s Lithium, for example – the younger half of the audience howled with delight while older listeners stared blankly at each other.”