AFTER 15 YEARS OF ROCKIN’ OUT IN VARIOUS BANDS, Sébastien Filiatrault and Bruno Longpré, AKA Rat & Burger for their intimates, dropped everything one day, gathered around a messy table with a gazillion Pabst Blue Ribbon, 2 guitars and the will to take over the world. Since the 2012 release of the first EP "Turbo Power Excellent", pretty much all the underground punk rock scene from the Province of Québec started to have their eyes set on the new phenomenon hailing from Santa-Teresa that was The Matchup. Following up the next year with “Alternative To Metal”, the band delivered some of its most memorable anthems, including “Welcome Tomorrow”, “Follow Me Home”, “The Game” and “Low”. Quickly, the band grew a bigger following at its concerts, relying only on the power of their music. Right after the release of their third EP "Cool Your Djent (2015)," Rat went on a hiatus due to personal reasons. Meanwhile, Burger kept the band going with the help of Pat Savate and Gilbert Vallerand. However, in 2019, Rat surprised all Matchup fans by announcing his return to the band with Burger, just like in the good old days. From that moment on, the guys have been more driven than ever to write a whole new chapter in the Matchup’s history. They have chosen to join forces with Hell for Breakfast, a new division of the Montreal-based record label Slam Disques, in order to officially launch their latest project, “Straight to the Core”, which featured one of their rare songs in French, “Roadtrip”, accompanied by a music video that’s nominated for Music Video of the Year at the GAMIQ.